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MMC-16



Nusret call sign:
Tango - Bravo - Bravo - Delta


MMC-16 was built for Turkey.
MMC-4 Class Minelayer/Danish Falster Class Minelayer:

  • Laid down by Frederikshavn Vaerft, Denmark under the "offshore" account of the International Logistics Program
  • Commissioned in the Turkish Navy as TCG Nusret (N 108), 16 September 1964
  • Reclassified N-110
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 1,900 t.
  • Length 252' 6"
  • Beam 41'
  • Draft 10'
  • Speed 17 kts.
  • Complement 120
  • Armament: Two 3"/50 dual purpose mounts and 400 mines
  • Propulsion: Two 2,400shp General Motors diesel engines, two shafts.
    Click on thumbnail
    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    MMC-16 75k Turkish Navy photo Joe Radigan
    MMC-16 224k Turkish Navy photo Robert Hurst
    MMC-16 235k Turkish Navy photo from the 1966/1967 edition of Jane's Fighting Ships
    There is no DANFS history currently available for MMC-16
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