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{{Did you mean|SMS Goeben|text=[[SMS Goeben]], German flagship launched in 1911 and in 1914 transferred to Turkey and renamed to TCG Yavuz}}
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| Ship caption = TCG ''Yavuz'' on 4 April 2012
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| Ship country = Turkey
| Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|Turkey|naval}}
| Ship name = ''Yavuz''
| Ship namesake = [[Selim I]]
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| Ship builder = [[Blohm+Voss]], [[Hamburg]]
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| Ship launched = 7 November 1985
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| Ship commissioned = 17 July 1987
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| Ship reclassified = March 2024
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| Ship homeport = Gölcük, Kocaeli, Türkiye
| Ship identification = *[[Pennant number]]: F 240
| Ship motto = Gururlu, Güçlü, Öncü (Proud, Strong, Pioneering)
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| Ship class = {{sclass|Yavuz|frigate}}
| Ship displacement = 3,030 tons full load
| Ship length = {{convert|110.50|m|ft|abbr=on|2}}
| Ship beam = {{convert|13.25|m|ft|abbr=on|2}}
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| Ship draught = {{convert|3.94|m|ft|abbr=on|2}}
| Ship power = 4 [[MTU Friedrichshafen|MTU]] 20V 1163 [[diesel-engine]]s, {{convert|30,000|hp|abbr=on|lk=in}} [[CODAD]]
| Ship propulsion = 2 shaft, [[controllable pitch propeller]]s
| Ship speed = {{convert|27|kn|lk=in}}
| Ship range = {{convert|4000|nmi|km|-3}} at {{convert|20|kn|km/h|0}}
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| Ship complement = 180 (29 officers, 151 enlisted)
| Ship sensors = * ''Radar''
* TM 1126
* AWS-6
* HSA D08
* HSA STIR 124
* ''Sonar''
* SQS-56,
| Ship EW = ARES-2NC ESM, Mk 36 decoy
| Ship armament = * 2 Mk 141 quad-pack Launcher for 8 × [[RGM-84 Harpoon]]
* 1 MK 29 Guided Missile Launching System for 8 × [[RIM-7 Sea Sparrow]]
* 1 × [[5"/54 caliber Mark 45 gun|5 inch /54 gun]]
* 3 × Oerlikon Contraves [[Sea Zenith]] 25 mm CIWS gun systems
* 2 × 3 12.75 in [[Mark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes|Mk.32 torpedo tubes]] in triple mountings
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| Ship aircraft = AB-212 Helicopter
| Ship aircraft facilities = * [[Hangar]] and platform for
*1 × [[AB 212]] ASW [[helicopter]]
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'''TCG ''Yavuz'' (F 240)''' is the [[lead ship]] of {{sclass|Yavuz|frigate}} of the [[Turkish Naval Forces|Turkish Navy]].
== Development and design ==
{{Main|Yavuz-class frigate}}
''Yavuz''-class frigates were designed in Germany and are part of the [[MEKO]] family of modular warships; in this case the [[MEKO 200]] design. An order for ships was signed by the Turkish government in April 1983 for four MEKO frigates. Two ships were built in Germany and two in Turkey with German assistance. They are similar in design to the larger {{sclass|Barbaros|frigate|2}}<nowiki/>s of the Turkish Navy, which are improved versions of the ''Yavuz''-class frigate.
The Turkish Navy has an ongoing limited modernization project for an [[Electronic Warfare Suite]]. The intent is to upgrade the ships with locally produced the ECM, ECCM systems, active decoys, LWRs, IRST and the necessary user interface systems.
== Construction and career ==
''Yavuz'' was [[Launched (ship)|launched]] on 7 November 1985 by [[Blohm+Voss]] in [[Hamburg]] and [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 17 July 1987.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-01-12|title=YAVUZ CLASS (MEKO 200 Track I)|url=https://turkishnavy.net/yavuz-class-meko-200-track-i/|access-date=2021-03-14|language=en}}</ref>
On 11 September 2020, she escorted {{TCG|İskenderun|A-1600|6}} in the Mediterranean while on her way to the [[Marmaris|Port of Marmaris]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=AA|first=DAILY SABAH WITH|date=2020-09-11|title=Turkish navy conducts exercise off Libyan coast|url=https://www.dailysabah.com/politics/turkish-navy-conducts-exercise-off-libyan-coast/news|access-date=2021-03-13|website=Daily Sabah|language=en-US}}</ref>
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
{{commons category-inline|TCG Yavuz (F-240)}}
* [http://turkishnavy.net/2012/10/05/the-first-upgraded-meko-200-frigate-of-turkish-navy/ The First Upgraded MEKO 200 Frigate Of Turkish Navy]
* [http://www.defencetalk.com/pictures/g3806-barbaros-classmeko-200-track-ii-turkey.html BARBAROS CLASS ( MEKO 200 Track II) (Turkey)]
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