TCG Sultanhisar (1940)
Service
- as TCG Sultanhisar1942 — 19601,340 days of the war
- Name
- TCG Sultanhisar
- Pennant / hull number
- 1940
- Namesake
- Sultanhisar
- Builder
- William Denny and Brothers at Dumbarton
- Laid down
- 21 March 1939
- Launched
- 17 December 1940
- Decommissioned
- 1960
- Status
- Unknown
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,360 long tons (1,382 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 1,910 long tons (1,941 t)
- Length
- 98.45 m (323 ft)
- Beam
- 10.06 m (33 ft)
- Draught
- 2.44 m (8 ft)
- Speed
- 35.5 knots (65.7 km/h, 40.9 mph)
- Complement
- 145
- Main gun
- 120 mm (4.7 in)
TCG Sultanhisar was a Demirhisar-class destroyer of the Turkish Navy. She carried the pennant number 1940. She was named for Sultanhisar. William Denny and Brothers at Dumbarton laid her keel on 21 March 1939. She was launched on 17 December 1940.
She was one of two ships of her class. The class followed the G and H-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Tribal-class destroyer (1936).
Displacement was 1,360 long tons standard and 1,910 long tons at full load. She measured 98.5 m (323 ft) long with a beam of 10.1 m (33 ft). Her designed speed was 35.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 145. Her main battery was of 120 mm (4.7 in) calibre.
34,000 shp drove two shafts.
She was in commission for 1,340 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned in 1960.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines
- Power
- 34000 shp
- 3 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
- Armament
- 4 × single QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) Mk IX guns
- 4 × single Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
- 2 × quadruple 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from TCG Sultanhisar (1940) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — warshipsww2.eu — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons