Istanbul Naval Shipyard ( tr, İstanbul Donanma Tersanesi), also known as Pendik Naval Shipyard, is a

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of the

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on the northeastern coast of the

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. It is the largest shipbuilding facility in Turkey. Right after the

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, which caused also heavy damage to the facilities of the Turkish Navy located in

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, the Navy Command decided to relocate the shipbuilding activities at the

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to the Istanbul Naval Shipyard, leaving only the ship maintenance and reparation works there. The shipyard has one of the largest shipbuilding drydocks in the country, with the dimensions of (length x width x depth). The drydock is serviced by one

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portal crane with the lifting capacity of 450 tons. In addition, the shipyard has a semi-drydock slipway with the dimensions of (length by width), serviced by one portal crane with the lifting capacity of 300 tons.

Ships built

* RV ''Bilim-2'', scientific research vessel ;Turkish Navy *, ''Ada''-class corvette *, ''Ada''-class corvette *, ''Ada''-class corvette *, ''Istanbul''-class frigate *, ''Ada''-class corvette ;Pakistan Navy *, ''Babur''-class heavy corvet

References and notes

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Hürriyet ''Hürriyet'' (, ''Liberty'') is one of the major Turkish newspapers, founded in 1948. , it had the highest circulation of any newspaper in Turkey at around 319,000. ''Hürriyet'' has a mainstream, liberal and conservative outlook. ''Hürriyet ...

, title=Donanma taşınıyor , date=25 August 1999 , language=tr , accessdate=29 August 2020 Turkish Navy shipyards Defence companies of Turkey Military in Istanbul Tuzla, Istanbul

Ships built

See also

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