Ada-class

Turkey's first indigenously designed and built corvette class, launched under the MILGEM (National Ship) program to give the Turkish Navy a domestically produced multi-role littoral combatant and to seed a naval-shipbuilding export line, notably to Pakistan and Ukraine.

In service since 2011 · 3 operator countries

Compiled from public sources ·primary reference ↗ ·last verified 2026-07-02

2,300

3,500

nmi

crew

Procurement snapshot

Availability & export

Türkiye export-licensed

SSB-administered; growing export programme, some Western sub-component dependencies.

Channel: Direct commercial / G2G

Fielded & proven

Limited · 3 operators

In service since 2011. Status: active · ~4 built.

Lifecycle cost (est.)

No public unit price to model from.

Interoperability

No standardised NATO calibre / datalink detected in public specs.

Derived guidance from public data — export regime by country of origin, lifecycle from the GAO ~30% acquisition rule. Verify eligibility, pricing and offsets with the manufacturer and your acquisition authority.

Full specifications

Firepower

Armament, payload and guidance.

Main armament Primary weapon: main gun, cannon or missile type.: 1× 76 mm Oto Melara gun
Torpedo tubes Number of torpedo tubes (submarines and some surface ships).: 6

Stronger than 69% of warships

Physical

Dimensions, weight and crew.

Length Overall length including gun/probe where applicable.: 99.56 m

Naval

Displacement, speed, endurance and diving depth.

Displacement Standard displacement in tonnes — the ship’s size class. Larger hulls carry more but cost more and are less agile.: 2,300 t
Full-load displacement Displacement fully loaded with fuel, stores and munitions.: 2,400 t
Max speed Top speed in knots (surfaced, for submarines). Higher aids positioning and screening.: 29 kn

Stronger than 54% of warships
Range Cruising range in nautical miles. Nuclear vessels are effectively unlimited (fuel-wise). Higher means more reach without replenishment.: 3,500 nmi

Bottom 7% of warships
Complement Crew size. Fewer eases manning cost; more may indicate a larger, more capable platform.: 93
Propulsion plant Machinery type — nuclear reactor, gas turbine (COGAG), CODAG, diesel-electric, AIP.: CODAG (combined diesel and gas)

Sensors & avionics

Radar, sensor suite and datalinks.

Radar Primary radar. AESA (active electronically scanned array) is the current state of the art.: MFRS air/surface search radar

Program

Cost, production scale and operators.

Units built Total production run. Higher means proven manufacturing, mature logistics and spares availability.: 4

Stronger than 57% of warships
Operator countries Number of countries operating the system. More operators means broader support ecosystem.: 3

Top 5% of warships

Specifications compiled from public STM (Savunma Teknolojileri Mühendislik) and reference sources ↗. Published defense figures are approximations — treat comparisons as directional. Last verified 2026-07-02.

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