Turkish, German firms eye Indonesian sub contract

By: Burak Ege Bekdil, May 11, 2017


ISTANBUL — Turkish and German naval specialists signed May 10 a letter of intent to cooperate on a contract to build variant of the Type-214 diesel-electric submarines for the Indonesian Navy. 

The deal was signed at the IDEF’17 defense and aerospace exhibition in Istanbul between STM, a Turkish government-controlled defense engineering company and Germany’s ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems.  

“We are bringing together our resources with the aim of designing and constructing submarines for Indonesia,” STM and TKMS official said during a ceremony. 

Gölcük Naval Shipyard

Gölcük Naval Shipyard is a naval shipyard of the Turkish Navy within the Gölcük Naval Base on the east coast of the Sea of Marmara in Gölcük, Kocaeli. Established in 1926, the shipyard serves for the building and the maintenance of military vessels. 
Controlled by: Turkish Naval Forces


Gölcük Naval Shipyard is a naval shipyard of the Turkish Navy within the Gölcük Naval Base on the east coast of the Sea of Marmara in Gölcük, Kocaeli. Established in 1926, the shipyard serves for the building and the maintenance of military vessels. 
Controlled by: Turkish Naval Forces

Sea of Marmara
The Sea of Marmara, also known as the Sea of Marmora or the Marmara Sea, and in the context of classical antiquity as the Propontis is the inland sea, entirely within the borders of Turkey, that connects ... Wikipedia
Area: 4,382 mi²
Catchment area: 4,440 mi²
Location: Europe and Asia
Max. depth: 1,370 m (4,490 ft)
Islands: Marmara Island, Büyükada, Heybeliada, Avşa, Burgazada, More
Bridges: Osman Gazi Bridge, Çanakkale 1915 Bridge, Kanuni Sultan Suleiman bridge
Primary inflows: Simav River, Biga Çayı, Nilüfer River


Through the joint venture with STM, TKMS is partnering with Turkey’s Golcuk shipyard, the production site for the Piri Reis, the first of a batch of six Type-214 submarines being built for the Turkish Navy.  The Type 214 is a derivation of the Type-209 SSK built by Germany’s Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, or HDW. The Type-214 features design innovations from the HDW Type-212. It displaces 1,700 tons (surface) and has eight torpedo tubes which can deploy heavyweight torpedoes — such as the Atlas Elektronik SeaHake — and anti-ship missiles, such as the Harpoon and Exocet.

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Type Torpedo
Place of origin Germany
Service history
Used by Germany, Israel, Pakistan, Spain, Turkey,
Production history
Designer Atlas Elektronik
Specifications
Length 6.6 m (22 ft)
Diameter 533mm
Warhead PBX
Warhead weight 260 kg
Engine Electrical silver-zinc oxide batteries
Speed 50 k

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The Harpoon is an all-weather, over-the-horizon, anti-ship missile system, developed and manufactured by McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing Defense, Space & Security). In 2004, Boeing delivered the 7,000th Harpoon unit since the weapon's introduction in 1977.

Type 214 submarine
Class overview
Builders:
Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft
Hellenic Shipyards Co.
Hyundai Heavy Industries
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering
Gölcük Naval Shipyard
Operators:
 Republic of Korea Navy
 Hellenic Navy
 Portuguese Navy
Subclasses: Tridente-class submarine
Cost: $330 million (2008)[1]
In service: 2007
Building: 2
Planned: 17
Completed: 13
Active: 12
General characteristics
Displacement: 1,690 t (surfaced), 1,860 t (submerged)
Length: 213 feet 3 inches (65.0 m)
Beam: 20 feet 8 inches (6.3 m)
Draught: 19 feet 8 inches (6.0 m)
Propulsion: Diesel-electric, fuel cell AIP, low noise skew back propeller
Speed:
12 kt surfaced
20 kt submerged
Range:
12,000 miles (19,300 km) (surfaced)
420 nmi (780 km) @ 8 kt (submerged)
1,248 nmi (2,311 km) @ 4 kt (submerged)
Endurance: 84 days
Test depth: 250m (400m theoretical)
Complement: 5 officers + 22 crew
Armament: (8) 533 mm torpedo tubes, (4) subharpoon-capable


Under a contract worth €2.5 billion (U.S. $2.7 billion), six Type-214 submarines are being built for the Turkish Navy. Some of the subsystems will be locally built. 

For instance, Turkish military electronics specialist Aselsan, a government-controlled company, will provide electronic support measures and sensor systems for the submarine program. Military software specialist Havelsan, another government-controlled company, will build an integrated command and control suite. 

According to the Turkish-German letter of intent, the first one or two of the planned submarines for the Indonesian Navy will be built at a Turkish shipyard. The follow-on platforms would be built in Indonesia.