TCG Demirhisar (H80)

TCG Demirhisar was a Demirhisar-class destroyer in service with the Turkish Navy. She carried the pennant number H80. Her keel was laid at William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton in 1939. She was launched on 28 January 1941.

Her class ran to two ships. 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. She was struck from the register in 1960.

She was disposed of in December 1960. Nothing of her survives.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.