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==Ships==
==Ships==

Both vessels were built by Ansaldo


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
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! Ship
! Ship
! Builder
! Launched
! Launched
! Commissioned
! Commissioned
! Decommissioned
! Decommissioned
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| [[Turkish destroyer Kocatepe|''Kocatepe'']]
| ''Adatepe''
| [[File:Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg|22px]] [[Gio. Ansaldo & C.|Ansaldo]], [[Sestri Ponente]]
| 19 March 1931
| 7 February 1931
| 18 October 1931
| 18 October 1931
| February 1954
| February 1954
|-
|-
| [[Turkish destroyer Adatepe|''Adatepe'']]
| ''Kocatepe''
| [[File:Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg|22px]] Ansaldo, Sestri Ponente
| 7 February 1931
| 19 March 1931
| 18 October 1931
| 18 October 1931
| February 1954
| February 1954

Revision as of 01:28, 10 December 2010

The Adatepe class destroyer or Kocatepe class destroyer[1] were two destroyers built for the Turkish Navy by the Italian company, Ansaldo of Genoa in 1931.

These ships were the first part of the re-armament program for the Turkish Navy which began after the end of the after the end of the Greco-Turkish War and the establishment of the Republic of Turkey.

The Adatepe class were based on contemporary Italian Folgore class destroyers but had guns mounted in single mountings rather than twin turrets of the Italian ships. The hulls were lengthened to accommodate this change and the ships had two funnels rather than the single funnel used by the Italian ships.

Ships

Ship Builder Launched Commissioned Decommissioned
Kocatepe Ansaldo, Sestri Ponente 7 February 1931 18 October 1931 February 1954
Adatepe Ansaldo, Sestri Ponente 19 March 1931 18 October 1931 February 1954

References

  1. ^ Robert Gardiner, Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships, 1922-1946, Naval Institute Press, 1980, p. 407.
  • Whitley, M.J. (1988). Destroyers of World War 2. Cassell Publishing. ISBN 1-85409-521-8.
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