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Class overview
Amasra (M266)
Builders	Lürssen Abeking & Rasmussen Istanbul Naval Yard
Operators	Turkish Navy
In commission	2005–present
Planned	6
Building	0
Completed	6
Active	6
General characteristics
Type	Minehunter
Displacement	650 t
Length	54.4 m (178 ft)
Beam	9.2 m (30 ft)
Draft	2.6 m (8 ft 6 in)
Propulsion	2 × MTU 16V 538 TB91 diesel engines, 2040 kW each 2 × electric motors for slow and silent maneuvering 2 × Renk PLS 25 E gearboxes 2 × controllable pitch propellers
Speed	18 kn (33 km/h)
Complement	41
Sensors and processing systems	1 × Marconi 2093 VDS mine hunting sonar DRBN 32 navigation radar
Electronic warfare & decoys	2 × Barricade chaff and flare launcher
Armament	1 × 30 mm gun 2 × 12.7 mm machine gun 2 × PAP-105 Mk5 mine hunting system Mine laying capabilities
Notes	mine diver equipment, decompression chamber crane

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 Frankenthal-class 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.

Pennant Number	Name	shipyard	commissioned
M265	Alanya	Abeking & Rasmussen, Lürssen	26 July 2005
M266	Amasra	Istanbul Naval Shipyard	26 July 2005
M267	Ayvalık	Istanbul Naval Shipyard	22 June 2007
M268	Akçakoca	Istanbul Naval Shipyard	17 September 2007
M269	Anamur	Istanbul Naval Shipyard
M270	Akçay	Istanbul Naval Shipyard

References

"Mine Warfare Ships". Unofficial Homepage of Turkish Navy. Retrieved 4 August 2008.

v t e Ship classes of the Turkish Navy
Aircraft carriers	MUGEM class
Amphibious assault ships	TCG Anadolu class
Destroyers	TF2000 class
Frigates	Barbaros class Yavuz class G class Istanbul class
Corvettes	Ada class Burak class
Submarines	Gür class Preveze class Atılay class Reis class
Fast attack crafts	Kılıç class Yıldız class Rüzgar class Doğan class Kartal class
Mine warfare ships	A-class minehunter E-class minehunter F-class minesweeper S-class minesweeper K-class minesweeper
Main landing ships	Osman Gazi class SarucaBey class Ertuğrul-class LST LPD class
Landing craft	Ç-117-class LCT Ç-302-class LCM
Replenishment oiler	Akar class
Patrol boat	Tuzla class Hisar class
Surface ships Submarines Patrol vessels Amphibious vessels Mine warfare vessels Miscellaneous ships

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