List of submarines of the Turkish Navy
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Birinci İnönü class

  German Type UB III submarine
German type UB III submarine
The Type UB III submarine was a class of U-boat built during World War I by the Kaiserliche Marine.UB III boats carried 10 torpedoes and were armed with one 88 mm deck gun. They carried a crew of 34 and had a cruising range of around 9,000 miles...

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Name Builder Launched Commissioned Fate
Birinci İnönü   IvS
NV Ingenieurskantoor voor Scheepsbouw
NV Ingenieurskantoor voor Scheepsbouw , usually contracted to IvS, was a Dutch dummy company set up by the Reichsmarineamt after World War I in order to maintain and develop German submarine know-how and to circumvent the limitations set by the Treaty of Versailles...

, Feijenoord
Feijenoord district
Feijenoord is a district in Rotterdam and is located south of the Nieuwe Maas. As of 1 January 2004 there were 72,320 citizens. The area is 6.44 km²...

29 January 1927 9 June 1928 Decommissioned 1948
İkinci İnönü   IvS, Feijenoord 12 March 1927 9 June 1928 Decommissioned 1948

Dumlupınar

version of   Italian Vettor Pisani class submarine
Italian submarine Vettor Pisani
Vettor Pisani was an Italian , serving the Regia Marina during World War II. It was named after Vettor Pisani, a Venetian admiral.Vettor Pisani was laid down in the Cantiere Navale Triestino yards in Monfalcone on 18 November 1925, launched on 24 November 1927, and completed for the Regia Marina on...


Name Builder Launched Commissioned Fate
Dumlupınar   CRDA, Monfalcone
Cantiere Navale Triestino
CANT was an Italian aviation company which originally specialised in building naval aircraft, formed in 1923 as part of the CNT...

4 March 1931 6 November 1931 Decommissioned 1949

Sakarya

version of   Italian Argonauta class submarine
Italian 600 Series submarines
The Italian 600 Series submarines were a series of submarine classes built for the Italian Royal Navy during the Inter war years.-Development:...


Name Builder Launched Commissioned Fate
Sakarya   CRDA, Monfalcone 5 February 1931 6 November 1931 Decommissioned 1949

Gür

  German Type IA submarine
German Type I submarine
The Type I U-boat was the first post-World War I attempt by the German Kriegsmarine to produce an ocean going submarine. Only two Type IAs were built, but the decision to halt production on further boats is believed to be because of political decisions and not because of major faults in the Type I...


Name Builder Launched Commissioned Fate
Gür
TCG Gür (1936)
TCG Gür was a German-designed submarine built in 1929-30 by the Echevarrieta y Larrinaga Shipyard in Cádiz, Spain, and bought by the Turkish Navy in 1935 where it served until 1947...

  Echevarrieta y Larrinaga, Cádiz
Cádiz
Cadiz is a city and port in southwestern Spain. It is the capital of the homonymous province, one of eight which make up the autonomous community of Andalusia....

22 October 1930 29 December 1936 Decommissioned 1947

Ay class

Ay class (version of   German Type IXA submarine
German Type IXA submarine
The German Type IXA submarine was a sub-class of the German Type IX submarine built by the German Navy between 1937 and 1938. These U-boats were designed between 1935 and 1936 and were intended to be fairly large ocean-going submarines...

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Name Builder Launched Commissioned Fate
Saldıray   Germaniawerft, Kiel
Kiel
Kiel is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 238,049 .Kiel is approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the north of Germany, the southeast of the Jutland peninsula, and the southwestern shore of the...

23 July 1938 5 June 1939 Decommissioned 1958
Batıray   Germaniawerft, Kiel 28 September 1938
seized by Germany
20 September 1939 commissioned
(as UA
Scuttled by crew 3 May 1945
Atılay   Germaniawerft, Kiel 19 May 1939 23 April 1940 Lost 14 July 1942
Yıldıray   Gölcük Naval Shipyard
Gölcük Naval Shipyard
Gölcük Naval Shipyard is a naval shipyard of the Turkish Navy within the Gölcük Naval Base on the east coast of the Sea of Marmara in Gölcük, Kocaeli. Established in 1926, the shipyard serves for the building and the maintenance of military vessels...

26 August 1939 15 January 1946 Decommissioned 1958

Oruç Reis class

Oruç Reis class submarine
Oruç Reis class submarine
The Oruç Reis class submarines were ordered by the Turkish Navy from the British company Vickers in 1939. They were similar to the British S class submarines, but slightly smaller. They had the S class machinery but only four bow torpedo tubes...

 (version of   Royal Navy
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...

 S class submarine
S class submarine
Five classes of submarine are known as the S class:* The S class of three boats built by Scotts of Greenock in 1914–1915 and transferred to the Italian Regia Marina in 1915....

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Name Builder Launched Acquired Fate
Oruç Reis   Vickers-Armstrongs 20 July 1940
Ex-
9 May 1942 Discarded 1957
Murat Reis   Vickers-Armstrongs 19 July 1940
Ex-
25 June 1942 Discarded 1957
Burak Reis   Vickers-Armstrongs 19 October 1940
Ex-
19 January 1946 Discarded 1957
Uluç Ali Reis   Vickers-Armstrongs 1 November 1940
Ex-
Taken by Royal Navy Sunk 18 April 1943

Ex-US Balao class (unmodified type)

Ex-  US Navy Balao class submarine
Balao class submarine
The Balao class was a successful design of United States Navy submarine used during World War II, and with 122 units built, the largest class of submarines in the United States Navy. An improvement on the earlier Gato class, the boats had slight internal differences...

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Name Builder Launched Acquired Fate
  Electric Boat, Groton
Groton, Connecticut
Groton is a town located on the Thames River in New London County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 39,907 at the 2000 census....

25 June 1944
Ex-
23 May 1948 Decommissioned 12 August 1972
  Electric Boat, Groton 7 May 1944
Ex-
23 May 1948 Decommissioned 20 November 1973
  Electric Boat, Groton 21 May 1944
Ex-
23 May 1948 Decommissioned 12 December 1975
  Electric Boat, Groton 6 August 1944
Ex-
16 November 1950 Decommissioned 4 May 1972
  Electric Boat, Groton 18 June 1944
Ex-
23 May 1948 Decommissioned 12 December 1975
TCG Dumlupınar (S-335)   Electric Boat, Groton 23 April 1944
Ex-
16 November 1950 Sunk 4 April 1953
  Manitowoc
Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company
Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, located in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, was a major shipbuilder for the Great Lakes. It was founded in 1902, and made mainly steel ferries and ore haulers. During World War II, it built submarines, tank landing craft , and self-propelled fuel barges called "YOs". Employment...

, Manitowoc
Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Manitowoc is a city in and the county seat of Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, United States. The city is located on Lake Michigan at the mouth of the Manitowoc River. According to the 2000 census, Manitowoc had a population of 34,053, with over 50,000 residents in the surrounding communities...

29 August 1943
Ex-
7 August 1954 Decommissioned 4 May 1972
  Manitowoc, Manitowoc 24 October 1943
Ex-
7 August 1954 Decommissioned 4 May 1972

Ex-US Balao class (Fleet Snorkel type)

Ex-  US Navy Balao class submarine
Balao class submarine
The Balao class was a successful design of United States Navy submarine used during World War II, and with 122 units built, the largest class of submarines in the United States Navy. An improvement on the earlier Gato class, the boats had slight internal differences...

 Fleet Snorkel type:
Name Builder Launched Acquired Fate
  Electric Boat, Groton 13 May 1943
Ex-
17 October 1958 Decommissioned 5 April 1983
  Manitowoc, Manitowoc 9 November 1944
Ex-
20 April 1960 Decommissioned 20 November 1973
  Electric Boat, Groton 17 January 1945
Ex-
20 April 1960 Decommissioned 9 October 1980

Ex-US Balao class (GUPPY IA type)

Ex-  US Navy Balao class submarine
Balao class submarine
The Balao class was a successful design of United States Navy submarine used during World War II, and with 122 units built, the largest class of submarines in the United States Navy. An improvement on the earlier Gato class, the boats had slight internal differences...

 GUPPY IA type:
Name Builder Launched Acquired Fate
  Electric Boat, Groton 30 March 1944
Ex-
24 August 1972 Decommissioned 23 December 1983
Stricken 1987

Ex-US Balao class (GUPPY IIA type)

Ex-  US Navy Balao class submarine
Balao class submarine
The Balao class was a successful design of United States Navy submarine used during World War II, and with 122 units built, the largest class of submarines in the United States Navy. An improvement on the earlier Gato class, the boats had slight internal differences...

 GUPPY IIA type:
Name Builder Launched Acquired Fate
  Portsmouth N Yd
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard , often called the Portsmouth Navy Yard, is a United States Navy shipyard located in Kittery on the southern boundary of Maine near the city of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. It is used for remodeling and repairing the Navy's ships...

, Kittery
Kittery, Maine
Kittery is a town in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 9,543 at the 2000 census. Home to the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard on Seavey's Island, Kittery includes Badger's Island, the seaside district of Kittery Point, and part of the Isles of Shoals...

28 March 1944
Ex-
8 August 1971 Decommissioned 1 July 1996
  Portsmouth N Yd, Kittery 27 January 1944
Ex-
17 December 1971 08 August 2001
  Portsmouth N Yd, Kittery 27 October 1943
Ex-
3 May 1972 Decommissioned 15 September 1986
Stricken 1987
  Electric Boat, Groton 17 December 1944
Ex-
24 October 1972 Decommissioned 20 March 1986
Stricken 1987
  Portsmouth N Yd, Kittery 26 June 1944
Ex-
24 August 1972 Decommissioned 11 August 1998

Ex-US Balao class (GUPPY III type)

Ex-  US Navy Balao class submarine
Balao class submarine
The Balao class was a successful design of United States Navy submarine used during World War II, and with 122 units built, the largest class of submarines in the United States Navy. An improvement on the earlier Gato class, the boats had slight internal differences...

 GUPPY III type:
Name Builder Launched Acquired Fate
  Electric Boat, Groton 10 June 1945
Ex-
12 February 1974 Decommissioned 18 October 1996
  Electric Boat, Groton 1 April 1945
Ex-
12 February 1974 Decommissioned 22 January 1998

Ex-US Tench class

Ex-  US Navy Tench class submarine
Tench class submarine
Tench-class submarines were a type of submarine built for the United States Navy between 1944 and 1951. They were an evolutionary improvement over the Gato and Balao classes, only about 35 to 40 tons larger, but more strongly built and with a slightly improved internal layout...

 GUPPY IIA Program:
Name Builder Launched Acquired Fate
  Portsmouth N Yd, Kittery 7 July 1944
Ex-
3 May 1972 Decommissioned 7 August 2000
  Portsmouth N Yd, Kittery 18 August 1944
Ex-
27 May 1973 Decommissioned 23 July 1999

Ex-US Tang class

Ex-  US Navy Tang class submarine
Tang class submarine
The Tang class submarines were a product of the Greater Underwater Propulsion Power Program , which incorporated German U-boat technology into the United States Navy's submarine design...

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Name Builder Launched Acquired Fate
  Portsmouth N Yd, Kittery 18 April 1949
Ex-
30 September 1983 Decommissioned 13 August 2004
  Portsmouth N Yd, Kittery 20 May 1950
Ex-
21 March 1980 Decommissioned 31 January 2004

Ay class

Ay class submarine   Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Type 209
Type 209 submarine
The Type 209 is a class of diesel-electric attack submarine developed exclusively for export in the late 1960s by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft of Germany...

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Name Builder Launched Commissioned Fate
  Howaldtswerke, Kiel 23 October 1974 23 July 1975 Extant in 2010
  Howaldtswerke, Kiel 14 February 1975 21 October 1975 Extant in 2010
  Howaldtswerke, Kiel 24 October 1977 20 July 1978 Extant in 2010
  Gölcük Naval Shipyard
Gölcük Naval Shipyard
Gölcük Naval Shipyard is a naval shipyard of the Turkish Navy within the Gölcük Naval Base on the east coast of the Sea of Marmara in Gölcük, Kocaeli. Established in 1926, the shipyard serves for the building and the maintenance of military vessels...

20 July 1979 20 July 1981 Extant in 2010
  Gölcük Naval Shipyard 16 November 1983 16 November 1985 Extant in 2010
  Gölcük Naval Shipyard 22 July 1988 21 July 1989 Extant in 2010

Preveze class

Preveze class submarine   Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Type 209T1/1400:
Name Builder Launched Commissioned Fate
  Gölcük Naval Shipyard 22 November 1993 28 July 1994 Extant in 2010
  Gölcük Naval Shipyard 28 July 1994 21 December 1995 Extant in 2010
  Gölcük Naval Shipyard 25 August 1997 28 July 1998 Extant in 2010
  Gölcük Naval Shipyard 1 September 1998 22 July 1999 Extant in 2010

Gür class

Gür class submarine   Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Type 209T2/1400:
Name Builder Launched Commissioned Fate
  Gölcük Naval Shipyard May 2002 24 July 2003 Extant in 2010
  Gölcük Naval Shipyard September 2002 26 July 2005 Extant in 2010
  Gölcük Naval Shipyard 2 September 2005 15 February 2006 Extant in 2010
  Gölcük Naval Shipyard 22 June 2007 Extant in 2010

New class

New class submarine   Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Type 214:
Name Builder Launched Commissioned Fate
TCG ??? S-???   Gölcük Naval Shipyard expected 2015 class expected to replace all Type 209/1200
TCG ??? S-???   Gölcük Naval Shipyard
TCG ??? S-???   Gölcük Naval Shipyard
TCG ??? S-???   Gölcük Naval Shipyard
TCG ??? S-???   Gölcük Naval Shipyard
TCG ??? S-???   Gölcük Naval Shipyard

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