Shipbuilding started for the second corvette in Ukraine MİLGEM Project. İstanbul Shipyard announced that it has started building the ADA class corvette which will be made for the Ukrainian navy.
Shipbuilding started in İstanbul Shipyard for the second corvette in ADA class as part of the Ukraine MİLGEM Project which began when STM signed a contract with the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense in December 2020.
In the project, a new design was developed further to the design of the ADA class corvette employed by the Turkish Naval Forces Command; basically a corvette design was made and Hetman Ivan Mazepa (F-211), the first ship in the project consisting of a total of 4 corvettes, that is 1+3, was launched with a ceremony organized at RMK Marine Shipyard.
Features of ADA class
General characteristics
Type: Patrol and anti-submarine warfare [1] Corvette→
Displacement: 2.400 tons
Length: 99,56 m (326 ft 8 in)
Width: 14,40 m (47 ft 3 in)
Draft: 3,90 m (12 ft 10 in)
Installed power:
Main: 31.640 kW (42.430 hp) RENK CODAG
Aux: 4 x 588 kW (789 hp)
Propulsion: 1 gas turbine, 2 diesel, 2 shaft
Speed:
Economy: 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Maximum : 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range: 3,500 nmi (6,482 km; 4,028 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Endurance:
21 days with logistic support
10 days autonomous
Boats and landing craft: 2 x RHIB
Crew: Accommodates up to 106, including 93 air officers
Sensors and processing systems:
Combat Management System: G-MSYS (GENESIS MİLGEM Combat Management System)
Search radar: SMART-S Mk2[2]
Weapon control: STING EO Mk2
Sonar: TBT-01 Yakamoz
Communication: SatCom, GPS, LAN, ECDIS/WECDIS, Link 11/16
Navigation: ECPINS-W, ALPER LPI
IPMS: YALTES PİKET3000
Other: X-Band radar, Fire Control Radar
Electronic warfare and decoys:
SIGINT: ARES-2N[3]
Other: Laser/RF systems, ASW jammers, DG, SSTD
Armament:
Cannon:
1 × 76 mm (3 in) OtoMelara Super Rapid (retractable for lower radar cross section, fire control radar and guidance by electro-optic systems), position A
2 × 12,7 mm (0,50 in) Aselsan STAMP Stabilized Machine Gun Platform (Laser/IR/TV and electro-optic systems, guidance by automatic and manual modes), position B
Anti-ship missiles:
8 × Atmaca
Anti-aircraft missiles:
21 × RAM Block I
Torpedoes:
2 × 324 mm (13 in) Mk. 46 torpedoes for Mk.32 triple launchers
Torpedo Defense System:
Sea Sentor Surface Vessel Torpedo Defense System
Hangar and platform:
S-70B Seahawk ASW helicopters
Unmanned aerial vehicles (İHA)
Aviation facilities:
Capability of storing armaments, 20 tons of JP-5 aircraft fuel, aerial refueling (HIRF) and maintenance systems
