French aviso Amyot d'Inville

Amyot d'Inville (F782) is a D'Estienne d'Orves-class aviso in the French Navy. She was transferred to the Turkish Navy as TCG Bartın (F-504).

TCG Bartın (F-504)
History
France
NameAmyot d'Inville
NamesakeHubert Amyot D'Inville
BuilderArsenal de Lorient, Lorient
Laid down1 September 1973
Launched30 November 1974
Commissioned13 October 1976
Decommissioned1999
Identification
FateSold to Turkey, 2000
Turkey
NameBartın
NamesakeBartın
AcquiredNovember 2000
Commissioned26 June 2002
IdentificationPennant number: F-504
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class and typeD'Estienne d'Orves-class aviso
Displacement
  • 1,100 t (1,100 long tons) standard
  • 1,270 t (1,250 long tons) full load
Length
  • 80 m (262 ft 6 in) oa
  • 76 m (249 ft 4 in) pp
Beam10.3 m (33 ft 10 in)
Draught5.3 m (17 ft 5 in)
Propulsion
Speed23.5 knots (43.5 km/h; 27.0 mph)
Range4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement90
Sensors and
processing systems
  • 1 Air/surface DRBV 51A sentry radar
  • 1 DRBC 32E fire control radar
  • 1 Decca 1226 navigation radar
  • 1 DUBA 25 hull sonar
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • 1 ARBR 16 radar interceptor
  • 2 Dagaie decoy launchers
  • 1 SLQ-25 Nixie countermeasure system
Armament

Design

Armed by a crew of 90 sailors, these vessels have the reputation of being among the most difficult in bad weather. Their high windage makes them particularly sensitive to pitch and roll as soon as the sea is formed.

Their armament, consequent for a vessel of this tonnage, allows them to manage a large spectrum of missions. During the Cold War, they were primarily used to patrol the continental shelf of the Atlantic Ocean in search of Soviet Navy submarines. Due to the poor performance of the hull sonar, as soon as an echo appeared, the reinforcement of an ASM frigate was necessary to chase it using its towed variable depth sonar.

Their role as patrollers now consists mainly of patrols and assistance missions, as well as participation in UN missions (blockades, flag checks) or similar marine policing tasks (fight against drugs, extraction of nationals, fisheries control, etc.). The mer-mer 38 or mer-mer 40 missiles have been landed, but they carry several machine guns and machine guns, more suited to their new missions.

Its construction cost was estimated at 270,000,000 French francs.[2]

Construction and career

Service in the French Navy

Amyot d'Inville was laid down on 1 September 1973 at Arsenal de Lorient, Lorient. Launched on 30 November 1974 and commissioned on 13 October 1976.

She was first transferred to Brest to the 2nd D.I.V.A.V.I, in 1982 she joined the 1st D.I.V.A.V.I in Cherbourg.[3]

In 1987, she carried out a mission in the Antilles-Guyana then was assigned to fisheries control in Newfoundland.

In 1992, she joined the G.A.S.M in Brest and carried out various missions in West Africa.

In 1999, she left for the Antilles-Guyana area and again for West Africa for her final cruise.

Service in the Turkish Naval Forces

Bartın was purchased from France in November 2000 and arrived in Turkey on 3 June 2002 after salvage work was carried out at DCN. She was then commissioned on the 26th later that month.

On 27 March 2018, she transited Bosporus towards the Black Sea to join Deniz Yıldızı-2018 naval exercise.[4]

Citations
  1. "Patrouilleurs: Les avisos français sur tous les fronts" [Patrol ships: French Avisos on all fronts.]. asafrance.fr (in French). 26 January 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  2. Quid 1996. p. 2036. ISBN 2-221-08055-6.
  3. "* AMYOT D'INVILLE (1976/1999) *". www.postenavalemilitaire.com (in French). Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  4. "Turkish Navy Burak class corvette (type A69) TCG Bartın F504 (x-MarineNationale FS Amyot d'Inville x-F782) transits Bosphorus towards BlackSea to join DenizYıldızı2018 naval exercise". Twitter. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
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