Tinaztepe-class destroyer

The Tinaztepe class were two destroyers built in Italy for the Turkish Navy in the 1930s.

Turkish destroyer TCG Zafer
Class overview
Name	Tınaztepe class
Builders	C.T. Riva Trigoso, Italy
Operators	Turkish Navy
Preceded by	Adatepe class
Built	1930-32
In commission	1931-54
Completed	2
Retired	2
Scrapped	2
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	1225 tonnes standard, 1635 tonnes full load
Length	96 m (315 ft)
Beam	9.3 m (31 ft)
Draught	3.28 m (10.8 ft)
Propulsion	2 shaft Parsons geared steam turbines, 3 Thornycroft type boilers, 35,000 hp (26,100 kW)
Speed	36 kn (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range	3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	149
Armament	4 x 120 mm (4.7 in) guns (2x2) 3 x 40 mm AA guns 2 x 20 mm Oerlikon guns 6 x 533mm torpedo tubes (2x3)

These ships were versions of the contemporary Italian Folgore-class destroyer or Freccia-class destroyer and were purchased while being built for the Italian Navy. In contrast with other Italian destroyers built for export they had their main armament mounted in two twin turrets.

• 
  TCG Tınaztepe
• 
  TCG Zafer

Ships

Name	Builder	Launched	Commissioned	Decommissioned
Tınaztepe	C.T. Riva Trigoso, Riva Trigoso	27 July 1931	6 June 1932	February 1954
Zafer		30 September 1931	6 June 1932	February 1954

References

• Whitley, M.J. (1988). Destroyers of World War 2. Cassell Publishing. ISBN 1-85409-521-8.