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This is a list of Turkish Navy mine warfare vessels that have served past and present, from 10 July 1920 to present.

Minelayers

Atak

Sivrihisar class

Danish Falster class

Nusret class ( Falster class):

Ex-US LSM 1 class coastal minelayer

Mordoğan class: (Ex- LSM-1 class Landing Ship Medium):

Minehunters

Engin class

Engin class minehunter (Edincik class minehunter, Circe class minehunter):

Aydın class

Aydın-class minehunter (subclass of Fr. Lürssen Werft GmbH & Co. KG Frankenthal-class minehunter):

Minesweeper

Kavak class coastal minesweeper

Ex-US YMS type

K class minesweeper (Ex-US YMS type inshore minesweeper):

Ex-US Cape class

F class minesweeper (Foça class minesweeper, Cape class inshore minesweeper):

Redwing class early type

S class minesweeper ( Redwing class early type coastal minesweeper):

Redwing class later type

S class minesweeper ( Redwing class later type coastal minesweeper):

Adjutant class

S class minesweeper ( Adjutant class minesweeper):

Ex-French Mercure class

Karamürsel class minesweeper (Ex- Vegesack class minesweeper) -> K class patrol boat:

Ex-Canadian Bay class

Trabzon-class minesweeper: Bay-class minesweeper -> T class patrol boat:

Sources

1. Cevat Ülkekul, "Kurtuluş Savaşı'nda Türk Denizcileri ve Cumhuriyet Bahriyesinin Kuruluşu" Archived 2007-10-25 at the Wayback Machine, Piri Reis Symposium, Office of Navigation of Hydrography and Oceanography. (in Turkish)
2. ^ Robert Gardiner, Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995, 2nd Revised edition, Conway Maritime Press, London, 1995, ISBN 978-0-85177-605-7, p. 479.
3. "Instagram post". instagram.com.
4. Macpherson, Ken; Barrie, Ron (2002). The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces 1910—2002 (Third ed.). St. Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell Publishing. pp. 272–277. ISBN 1-55125-072-1.

External links

• Serhat Guvenc, "Building a Republican Navy in Turkey: 1924-1939", International Journal of Naval History
• Mayın Filosu Komutanlığı
• Unofficial Homepage of Turkish Navy
• Motor Minesweeper (AMS), Minesweeper Coastal (MSC), Minesweeper Coastal (Old) (MSC O), Inshore Minesweeper (MSI) Index, NavSource.

• Lists of mine warfare vessels
• Mine warfare vessels of the Turkish Navy
• Turkish Navy lists
• Lists of ships of Turkey