Shipbuilding started for the second corvette in Ukraine MİLGEM Project. İstanbul Shipyard announced that it has started building the ADA class corvette which will be made for the Ukrainian navy.

Shipbuilding started in İstanbul Shipyard for the second corvette in ADA class as part of the Ukraine MİLGEM Project which began when STM signed a contract with the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense in December 2020.

In the project, a new design was developed further to the design of the ADA class corvette employed by the Turkish Naval Forces Command; basically a corvette design was made and Hetman Ivan Mazepa (F-211), the first ship in the project consisting of a total of 4 corvettes, that is 1+3, was launched with a ceremony organized at RMK Marine Shipyard.

Features of ADA class

General characteristics

Type: Patrol and anti-submarine warfare [1] Corvette→

Displacement: 2.400 tons

Length: 99,56 m (326 ft 8 in)

Width: 14,40 m (47 ft 3 in)

Draft: 3,90 m (12 ft 10 in)

Installed power:

Main: 31.640 kW (42.430 hp) RENK CODAG

Aux: 4 x 588 kW (789 hp)

Propulsion: 1 gas turbine, 2 diesel, 2 shaft

Speed:

Economy: 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)

Maximum : 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)

Range: 3,500 nmi (6,482 km; 4,028 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)

Endurance:

21 days with logistic support

10 days autonomous

Boats and landing craft: 2 x RHIB

Crew: Accommodates up to 106, including 93 air officers

Sensors and processing systems:

Combat Management System: G-MSYS (GENESIS MİLGEM Combat Management System)

Search radar: SMART-S Mk2[2]

Weapon control: STING EO Mk2

Sonar: TBT-01 Yakamoz

Communication: SatCom, GPS, LAN, ECDIS/WECDIS, Link 11/16

Navigation: ECPINS-W, ALPER LPI

IPMS: YALTES PİKET3000

Other: X-Band radar, Fire Control Radar

Electronic warfare and decoys:

SIGINT: ARES-2N[3]

Other: Laser/RF systems, ASW jammers, DG, SSTD

Armament:

Cannon:

1 × 76 mm (3 in) OtoMelara Super Rapid (retractable for lower radar cross section, fire control radar and guidance by electro-optic systems), position A

2 × 12,7 mm (0,50 in) Aselsan STAMP Stabilized Machine Gun Platform (Laser/IR/TV and electro-optic systems, guidance by automatic and manual modes), position B