APatrol & mine warfare vessels
Hisar-class offshore patrol vessel
Offshore patrol vessel Corvette (full armament configuration)
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APatrol & mine warfare vessels
Offshore patrol vessel Corvette (full armament configuration)
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Hisar-class offshore patrol vessellarger figure on 3 of 3
Measured figures
Length
Single source99.56 m (326 ft 8 in)[source]
Length
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| Specification | Hisar-class offshore patrol vessel | Sandown-class minehunter |
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| Range | 4.500 nmi (8.334 km; 5.179 mi)[source]Source text · numeric interpretation needs review | — |
| Power | — | Paxman Valenta 6RP200E diesels 1,523 shp (1,136 kW) Diesel-electric drive Combimac electric motors 100kW Voith Schneider Propellers Schottel bow thrusters[source] |
| Name | Hisar class[source] | Sandown class[source] |
| Builders | ASFAT[source] | Vosper Thornycroft , Woolston[source] |
Sandown-class minehunterlarger figure on 0 of 3
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
52.5 m (172 ft 3 in)[source]
accommodation for up to 40
Single source34 (accommodation for up to 40)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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10[source] |
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| Active | 11+ (1 Royal Navy, 3 each Estonian and Royal Saudi Navies; 2 transferred to Ukraine and 2+ being transferred to Romania)[source] |
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| Type | Offshore patrol vessel Corvette (full armament configuration)[source] | Minehunter[source] |
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| Propulsion | CODELOD: 4 x Diesel 2 x Electric Motor Generators: 4 x Diesel Generator[source] | — |
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| Endurance | 21 days[source] | — |
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| Boats & landing craft carried | 2 x RHIB[source] | — |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 x Naval helicopter 1 x UAV[source] Hangar and platform for: S-70B Seahawk ASW helicopter Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | Sonar: METEKSAN YAKAMOS 2020 New Generation Mounted Sonar Radars: ASELSAN MAR-D 3D Search Radar ASELSAN 2 AKR-D Fire Control Radar Navigation/LPI Radar Systems: ASELSAN Piri – KATS (Infrared Search and Trace System) ASELSAN DENİZGÖZÜ OCTOPUS-S Electro-optical Search System TÜBİTAK YELKOVAN Radar Electronic Support System Combat Management System: HAVELSAN ADVENT SYS[source] | Radar Type 1007 I-Band/Kelvin Hughes Ltd SharpEye navigation radar Sonar Type 2093[source] |
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| Armament | Full armament configuration : Guns: 1 x MKE 76 mm/62-caliber gun 1 x Aselsan GOKDENIZ CIWS 2 x UNIROBOTICS Targan 12.7 mm RCWS Vertical launcher systems: 8 x MiDLAS Vertical Launching System (VLS) (optional) 8 x HISAR-D RF air defence missiles Anti-ship missiles: 8 x Atmaca anti-ship missile Anti-submarine warfare: Roketsan ASW rocket launcher system[source] | 1 × DS30B Mk 1 30 mm gun 3 × Miniguns (replaced by Browning .50 caliber heavy machine guns as of 2023) 2 × General purpose machine guns[source] |
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| Country of origin | Turkey[source] | United Kingdom[source] United Kingdom[source]Inventory Origin column; table 13, row 2, cell 4; revision 1374498456; retrieved 2026-10-02 United Kingdom[source]Inventory Origin column; table 22, row 17, cell 3; revision 1377558300; retrieved 2026-10-01 |
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| Used by | Turkish Navy[source]Hisar class · TCG Koçhisar · commissioned 20 June 2026 and listed Active; class operator Turkish Navy Romanian Navy[source]Hisar class · Contraamiral Roman (ex-TCG Akhisar) · commissioned 20 June 2026 and listed Active; class operator Romanian Navy | — |
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| Operators | — | Royal Navy Estonian Navy Royal Saudi Navy Ukrainian Navy Romanian Naval Forces[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | Ton-class minesweeper[source] |
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| Succeeded by | — | Future command and support vessels for autonomous systems , Autonomous minehunting systems[source] |
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| In service | — | 1989[source] |
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| Completed | — | 15[source] |
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| Laid up | — | 1 (Royal Navy static training vessel)[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | SeaFox mine disposal system Diver-placed explosive charges[source] |
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| Source measurement | — | These small (53 m; 174 ft) fibreglass vessels are single role mine hunters (SRMH) rather than minesweepers. Twelve ships were built for the Royal Navy and three ships were exported to Saudi Arabia . Three Royal Navy vessels were decommissioned following the Strategic Defence Review in 2003; Sandown (January 2005), Inverness (April 2005) and Bridport (July 2004). A further ship, Cromer , was decommissioned and transferred to a training role at the Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth in 2001 as Hindostan .[source]Sandown-class minehunter · Development; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage |
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