Zitat:İstanbul Shipyard Lays Down the Lead Tepe-class Destroyer
10 Apr 2026, 16:49 2 mins
Turkiye
Navy / Maritime
İstanbul Shipyard Lays Down the Lead Tepe-class Destroyer TurDef
İstanbul Shipyard Command has laid down the first block of the first Tepe-class destroyer TCG Kocatepe, which is expected to be launched around the 2027’s end.

Anadolu Agency News reported that Commander of Turkish Naval Forces Admiral Ercüment Tatlıoğlu stated that the first block of the TCG Kocatepe AAW destroyer, the lead ship of the Tepe-class, was laid down during the Mavi Vatan 2026 exercise.

Close to the timeframe previously given by ASFAT’s Naval Programmes Director Kerem Orcun Yüksekdağ, for the laying of the first block of the lead ship, the Tepe-class destroyer (TF-2000) programme has reached a milestone in the construction phase.

The lead ship will be named TCG Kocatepe after the ex-Gearing-class ASW destroyer that sank during the Cyprus Peace Operation in 1974 due to friendly fire from Turkish aircraft.

Zitat:The lead ship will be named TCG Kocatepe after the ex-Gearing-class ASW destroyer that sank during the Cyprus Peace Operation in 1974 due to friendly fire from Turkish aircraft.