List of submarines of the Turkish Navy explained

This is a list of Turkish Navy submarines that have served from 10 July 1920^[1] to present.

Birinci İnönü class

German Type UB III submarine:

Name	Builder	Launched	Commissioned	Fate
Birinci İnönü^[2]	IvS, Fijenoord	29 January 1927	9 June 1928	Decommissioned 1948
İkinci İnönü	IvS, Fijenoord	12 March 1927	9 June 1928	Decommissioned 1948

Dumlupınar

version of Italian Vettor Pisani-class submarine

Sakarya

version of Italian Argonauta-class submarine

Gür

German Type IA submarine

Ay class

Ay-class (version of German Type IXA submarine):

Name	Builder	Launched	Commissioned	Fate
Saldıray	Germaniawerft, Kiel	23 July 1938	5 June 1939	Decommissioned 1958
Atılay	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1938	1939?	Lost 14 July 1942
Batıray	Germaniawerft, Kiel	28 September 1938	Seized by Germany: 20 September 1939, commissioned as UA	Scuttled by crew 3 May 1945^[4]
Yıldıray	Gölcük Naval Shipyard	26 August 1939	15 January 1946	Decommissioned 1958

Oruç Reis class

(version of Royal Navy S-class submarine):

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

Ex-US Balao class (unmodified type)

Ex- US Navy Balao-class submarine:

Name	Builder	Launched	Acquired	Fate
^[5]	Electric Boat, Groton	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	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 Fleet Snorkel type:^[6]

Name	Builder	Launched	Acquired	Fate
^[7]	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 GUPPY IA type:^[6]

Ex-US Balao class (GUPPY IIA type)

Ex- US Navy Balao-class submarine GUPPY IIA type:^[6]

Name	Builder	Launched	Acquired	Fate
	Portsmouth N Yd, Kittery	28 March 1944 Ex-	8 August 1971	Decommissioned 1 July 1996
	Portsmouth N Yd, Kittery	27 January 1944 Ex-	17 December 1971	8 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 GUPPY III type:^[6]

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 GUPPY IIA Program:^[6]

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 :

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

Atılay class

Atılay-class submarine Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Type 209/1200:

Name	Builder	Launched	Commissioned	Fate
	Howaldtswerke, Kiel	23 October 1974	23 July 1975	Decommissioned 30 November 2016
	Howaldtswerke, Kiel	14 February 1975	21 October 1975	Decommissioned 2014
	Howaldtswerke, Kiel	24 October 1977	20 July 1978	Active
	Gölcük Naval Shipyard	20 July 1979	20 July 1981	Active
	Gölcük Naval Shipyard	16 November 1983	16 November 1985	Active
	Gölcük Naval Shipyard	22 July 1988	21 July 1989	Active

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	Active
	Gölcük Naval Shipyard	28 July 1994	21 December 1995	Active
	Gölcük Naval Shipyard	25 August 1997	28 July 1998	Active
	Gölcük Naval Shipyard	1 September 1998	22 July 1999	Active

Gür class

Gür-class submarine Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Type 209T2/1400:

Name	Builder	Launched	Commissioned	Fate
	Gölcük Naval Shipyard	May 2002	24 July 2003	Active
	Gölcük Naval Shipyard	September 2002	13 December 2004	Active
	Gölcük Naval Shipyard	2 September 2005	1 November 2006	Active
	Gölcük Naval Shipyard	24 May 2007	27 June 2008	Active

Reis-class

Six Reis-class submarines in production. Type 214 submarines featuring an air-independent propulsion (AIP) system developed by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft GmbH (HDW).^[8]

Name	Builder	Launched	Commissioned	Fate
TCG Pirireis (S-330)	Gölcük Naval Shipyard	22 December 2019		Outfiting
TCG Hızırreis (S-331)	Gölcük Naval Shipyard
TCG Muratreis (S-332)	Gölcük Naval Shipyard
TCG Aydınreis (S-333)	Gölcük Naval Shipyard
TCG Seydialireis (S-334)	Gölcük Naval Shipyard
TCG Selmanreis (S-335)	Gölcük Naval Shipyard

External links

• Serhat Guvenc, "Building a Republican Navy in Turkey: 1924–1939", International Journal of Naval History
• Denizaltı Filosu Komutanlığı
• Unofficial Homepage of Turkish Navy

Notes and References

1. Cevat Ülkekul, "Kurtuluş Savaşı'nda Türk Denizcileri ve Cumhuriyet Bahriyesinin Kuruluşu", Piri Reis Symposium, Office of Navigation of Hydrography and Oceanography.
2. Robert Gardiner, Roger Chesneau, Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946, Conway Maritime Press, London, 1980,, p. 407.
3. Robert Gardiner, Roger Chesneau, Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946, Conway Maritime Press, London, 1980,, p. 408.
4. Ramazan Sezai Aksu, "Atatürk tarafından isimlendirilen İlk Ay Sınıfı Denizaltılarımız", Pusula Dergisi, Turkish Naval Academy.
5. Robert Gardiner, Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995, 2nd Revised edition, Conway Maritime Press, London, 1995,, p. 472.
6. http://guppysubmarinetribute.homestead.com/Tribute.html Guppy submarines
7. Robert Gardiner, Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995, 2nd Revised edition, Conway Maritime Press, London, 1995,, p. 473.
8. Web site: Yeni Tip Denizaltı Projesi . Milli Savunma . 4 September 2018 . tr . 23 December 2019 .