Pictures taken by local photographer Hervé Dermoune on Wednesday show TCG Kınalıada (F-514) moored at the main naval base of the French Navy and departing the naval base.
According to the report of Libyan domestic media, the Turkish Navy corvette is currently on an operational deployed called “Turkish Naval Force”. Prior to stopping in France, the corvette called at the Al Khoms naval base in Libya.
One of the pictures shows a new EO/IR system by Turkish company Aselsan called “Denizgözü Ahtapot” fitted on the ship.
The TCG KINALIADA is the first ship in the Turkish Navy to be equipped with the ADVENT combat management system developed by Havelsan. ADVENT is compatible with network-centric operations. The corvette is also the first ship to be equipped with indigenous ATMACA anti-ship missiles. Roketsan has been conducting trials of the ATMACA missile from the TCG KINALIADA.
About MILGEM project / Ada-class corvettes
The Ada-class, as part of the MILGEM project, represents the first national ship building project staged in Turkey. Its goal was to build a modern littoral combat ship with indigenous anti-submarine warfare and high-seas patrol capabilities, extensively using the principles of stealth technology in its design.
First ship in class TCG Heybeliada (F-511) was launched in September 2008 and commissioned with the Turkish Navy in September 2011. Fourth and final ship of the class TCG Kınalıada (F-514) was commissioned in September 2019. This final corvette successfully test fired the new ATMACA anti-ship missile in November last year.
The class is designed to embark a 10-ton helicopter with platform, hangar and extensive service and handling equipment. Helicopter operations can be performed at sea state 4. A MILGEM corvette is designed to accommodate 106 sailors including the flight crew. The total accommodation is 108 including sickbay.
Milgem-class are multipurpose corvettes able to conduct a wide a range of missions, including reconnaissance, surveillance, anti-submarine warfare, surface-to-surface and surface-to-air warfare.
Ada-class Main specifications:
- Displacement: 2,400 tonnes
- Length: 99m
- Beam: 14.4m
- Draft: 3.9m
- Propulsion: CODAG
- Speed: 15 to 30 knots
- Range: 3,500 nautical miles
- Crew: 93
- Weapons: 1x gun 76 mm OtoMelara; 2x 12,7mm STAMP; 8 × Atmaca or Harpoon AShM; 21 × RAM Block2 ; 2 × 324 mm Mk.32 triple launchers for Mk.46 torpedoes
- Sensors: Thales SMART-S Mk 2 Air/surface search radar, ALPER LPI navigation radar, Thales STIR 1.2 (STING) fire control radar, Sperry Marine VisionMaster navigation radar, Aselsan Denizgözü (SeaEye) Ahtapot (Octopus) (F-513, F-514) or ASELFLIR-300D (F-511, F-512) EO System, Meteksan Yakamos hull-mounted sonar, Aselsan ARES-2N RESM.
