TCG ''Büyükada'' (F-512) is the second ship of the
ASW corvette
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s of the
Turkish Navy. TCG ''Büyükada'' was named after
Büyükada Island. Büyükada Island is part of the
Prince Islands
The Princes' Islands ( tr, Prens Adaları; the word "princes" is plural, because the name means "Islands of the Princes", el, Πριγκηπονήσια, ''Pringiponisia''), officially just Adalar ( en, Islands); alternatively the Princes' Arch ...
archipelago
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Examples of archipelagos include: the Indonesian Archi ...
in the
Sea of Marmara, to the southeast of
Istanbul
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. Its
sister ship
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is .
Designed, developed and built by the Tuzla (Istanbul) Naval Shipyard as a part of the
MILGEM project, it was
laid down
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Keel laying is one o ...
on 22 January 2008,
launched on 27 September 2011, and
commissioned on 27 September 2013.
History
In 2015, she completed a three-month voyage, visiting ports in Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Pakistan, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Sudan and Djibouti.
She was involved in the successful evacuation of 55 Turkish citizens from Yemen.
References and notes
External links
Undersecretariat for Defence Industries official websiteTCG Büyükada Sighted On Bosphorus - 25 Jul 2013
Ada-class corvettes of the Turkish Navy
Ships built at Istanbul Naval Shipyard
2011 ships
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