PREVEZE CLASS (209 Type 1400)

NUMBER	NAME	LAUNCHED	COMMISSIONED
S-353	PREVEZE	22 October 1993	28 July 1994
S-354	SAKARYA	28 July 1994	23 September 1995
S-355	18 MART	25 Aug 1997	24 June 1998
S-356	ANAFARTALAR	1 September 1998	22 July 1999

Characteristics:
Displacement: 1586 tons dived
Dimensions: 62 x 6.2 x 5.5 meters
Speed, Range: 15 knots, 8200 miles at 8 kts.
Crew: 30 (8 officers)

Weapons:
Missiles: Harpoon SSM
Torpedoes: Tigerfish Mk 24 Mod 2; STN Atlas DM2A4; 14 missiles and torpedoes
8 – 533mm bow tubes

Sensors:
Radars: surface search
Sonars: CSU-83 passive and active search and attack; TAS-3 towed array

Comments:
Improved and larger successors of Atılay class submarines. They were constructed locally with German assistance.

The endurance of these boats is very good. Between 24 October 1997 and 3 February 1998 TCG Preveze sailed alone from Turkey to Malaysia and back in order to show flag and to promote Turkey’s ship building capabilities at the LIMA 97 Defense Exhibition. In 2011, TCG Preveze performed the longest submerged cruise of Turkish silent service and she stayed continuously submerged for consecutive 32 days during the Operation Unified Protector.

Each submarine has one Mark 76 Attack and one Mark 76 Search periscope manufactured by Kollmorgen.Diving depth is 250 m.

In April 1999 BAe (STN Atlas) DM2A4 heavy torpedo (40+ training torpedoes) was selected for cost of $40 million