The A class is a class of minehunter vessels in the Turkish Navy. In 1999, the German shipyards Lürssen and Abeking & Rasmussen were contracted to build six ships for the Turkish Navy, a purchase worth US$630 million. While the first vessel was built in Germany, later ships were constructed by the Istanbul Naval Shipyard.
The Turkish Navy has become the second naval force in the world, after the German Navy, to use a non-magnetic steel hull in its minehunter vessels.
PennantNumberNameshipyardcommissionedM265 Alanya Abeking & Rasmussen, Lürssen 26 July 2005M266 Amasra Istanbul Naval Shipyard 26 July 2005M267 Ayvalık Istanbul Naval Shipyard 22 June 2007M268 Akçakoca Istanbul Naval Shipyard 17 September 2007M269 Anamur Istanbul Naval Shipyard M270 Akçay Istanbul Naval Shipyard
See also Lists of ships of the Turkish Navy
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