AB-25-class patrol craft

TCG AB-29 (P-129)
Class overview
Builders	Istanbul Camialtı Shipyard
Operators	Turkey  Azerbaijan  Georgia (country)  Kazakhstan
In commission	1969-present
Completed	12[1]
Active	10
Retired	2
General characteristics
Type	Attack boat
Displacement	170 tons (full load)
Length	132 ft (40 m)
Draft	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Speed	22 knots (41 km/h)
Complement	3 officers, 28 enlisted
Armament	1 or 2 Bofors 40 mm/70, 1 Oerlikon 20 mm, 2 12.7 mm MGs

The AB-25 class (Türk type) is a class of large patrol craft that was built for the Turkish Navy in the late 1960s and early 1970s. One craft was transferred to Georgia in 1998, two were transferred to Kazakhstan in 1999 and 2001, one was transferred to Azerbaijan in 2000 and the remainder are in service.

Units

• AB-25 (P-125) - out of service in 2000
• AB-26 (P-126) - transferred to Kazakhstan in 1999
• AB-27 (P-127)
• AB-28 (P-128)
• AB-29 (P-129)
• AB-30 (P-130) - transferred to Georgia in 1998
• AB-31 (P-131)
• AB-32 (P-132) - transferred to Kazakhstan in 2001
• AB-33 (P-133) - out of service in 2002
• AB-34 (P-134) - transferred to Azerbaijan in 2000
• AB-35 (P-135)
• AB-36 (P-136)

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