Turkey launches its first Istanbul-class F 515 frigate built for Turkish Navy Turkey launches its first Istanbul-class F 515 frigate built for Turkish Navy Saturday, 23 January 2021 19:05
According to a Tweet published on January 23, 2021, Turkey has officially launched the first Istanbul-class F 515 frigate on January 23, 2021. The launching ceremony was attended by the President of Turkey Tayyip Erdoğan and the president of SSB (The Turkish Defense Association) Ismail Demir.
The official ceremony for the launching of the first Istanbul-class frigate for the Turkish Navy. (Picture source SSB)
The Istanbul-class also called I-class frigate is a series of four frigates built for the Turkish Navy that were developed under the MILGEM Turkish national warship program. The official cutting steel ceremony first of the first Istanbul-class frigate was held January 19, 2017, at Istanbul Shipyard which is the main contractor for the construction of the ship. It is planned