MEKO-200TN FFG Barbaros class

MEKO_200TN

The Barbaros-class frigates[1] are among the most modern frigates in the Turkish Navy. They were designed in Germany and are part of the MEKO group of modular warships, in this case the MEKO 200 design. Two ships were built in Germany and two in Turkey with German assistance. They are larger than the previous Yavuz-class frigates and are also faster due to using CODOG machinery rather than pure diesels.

The first two vessels (F244 and F245) are defined as the Barbaros class (MEKO 200TN Track II-A) while the last two vessels (F246 and F247) are defined as the Salih Reis class (MEKO 200TN Track II-B) by the Turkish Navy.

Salih Reis subclass ships are built with 8-cell Mk. 41 VLS and longer than Barbaros class vessels to accommodate 16-cell Mk. 41 VLS upgrade in the future while Barbaros-class vessels built with Mk.29 Sea Sparrow launchers that planned to be replaced by 8-cell Mk. 41 VLS.

Ship data:
      
Name:	Barbaros, MEKO 200 TN-II

Builders:	
Blohm + Voss
Gölcük Naval Shipyard

Operators:	 Turkish Navy
Preceded by:	Yavuz class
Succeeded by:	Istanbul class
Subclasses:	Salih Reis class
In commission:	1997–present
Completed:	4
Active:	4

General characteristics:
Type: Frigate
Displacement: 3,100 tons standard, 3,350 tons full load
Length: 116.7 metres (383 ft) (F244, F245), 118.0 metres (387.1 ft) (F246, F247)
Beam: 14.8 metres (49 ft)
Draught: 4.25 metres (13.9 ft)

Propulsion:	
2 shaft CODOG, controllable pitch propellers ,
2 General Electric LM-2500 gas turbines 60,000 hp,
2 MTU 20V 1163 diesel-engines, 13,060 hp (9,740 kW)

Speed:	
32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) on gas turbine
22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) on diesel only

Range: 4,100 nautical miles (7,600 km; 4,700 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)

Complement: 24 officers, 156 enlisted men

Sensors and processing systems:

Radar:
Thales SMART-S Mk2,
Decca 2040 BT,
HSA D08,
HSA STIR -24, HSA STIR 18,

Sonar:
SQS-56

Electronic warfare & decoys: Racal Cutlass, Racal Scorpion, Mk 36 decoy

Armament:	
Barbaros (F 244), Oruçreis (F 245):
1 × Mk 41 Mod 8 VLS for 32 × RIM-162 ESSM Sea Sparrow PDMS (SAM) or 8 Sea Sparrow PDMS(SAM)
Salihreis (F 246), Kemalreis (F 247):
2 × Mk 41 Mod 8 VLS for 64 × RIM-162 ESSM Sea Sparrow PDMS (SAM) or 16 Sea Sparrow PDMS(SAM)

Common:
2 × Mk 141 quad-pack Launcher for 8 × RGM-84 Harpoon
1 × 5 inch /54 gun
3 × Oerlikon Contraves Sea Zenith 25mm CIWS gun systems
2 × Mark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tube sets

Aircraft carried: 1 × S-70B Seahawk or AB 212 ASW helicopters

Aviation facilities: Hangar and platform