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Ares Shipyard

Ares Shipyard (Turkish: Ares Tersanesi) is a Turkish shipyard established in Antalya, southern Turkey in 2006. It builds fast patrol boats for the defence and law enforcement missions. This Shipyard Made World Class 'Ares-150 Hercules' OPV. Whice was awarded World's best Offshore patrol Ship By An International Maritime Organisation In 2018 [1]

Ares Shipyard
Native name
Ares Tersanecilik Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Şirketi
Company typeIncorporated company
IndustryShipbuilding
Founded2006; 18 years ago (2006)
FounderKalafatoğlu Family
HeadquartersFree economic zone,
Antalya
,
Turkey
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Kerim Kalafatoğlu, Chairman

Ares Shipyard was founded for building of sightseeing boats and yachts by the Kalafatoğlu Family of Sürmene in Trabzon, an ancestor seafarer. The shipyard is situated in the Free economic zone of Antalya, and has five covered buildings of 40,000 m2 (430,000 sq ft) total area. The company went into defence industry and has been building fast patrol boats and offshore patrol crafts for the coast guard commands of Bahrain,[2][3] Oman,[4] and Qatar,[5] since 2014,[1] Turkish Coast Guard and Police,[6] and Northern Cyprus Coast Guard.[7]

For the design of the patrol boats, Ares cooperates with the British Maritime Technology (BMT).[8] The shipyard developed an armed unmanned surface vessel equipped with guided missiles for the Turkish Navy in early 2021.[9]

Coast Guard and Navy vessels

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As of April 2022

Ship class !, Type Operators ! Ordered Built Ref
FPB-class
Fast patrol boat		 Ares 35 FPB   Turkey Coast Guard 105 [1]
  Turkey Police 17
Ares 42 FPB [2]
Ares 58 FPB [3]
Harpoon-class
Fast interceptor craft		 Ares 24 Harpoon   Qatar Coast Guard 14 [4]
Ares 35 Harpoon [5]
Ares 40 Harpoon [6]
Ares 55 Harpoon [7]
Ares 65 Harpoon [8]
Hector-class
Multi-role patrol craft		 Ares 42 Hector   Turkey Coast Guard 10 10 [9]
  Northern Cyprus Coast Guard 3 3
Ares 55 Hector [10]
Ares 85 Hector [11]
Ares 108 Hector [12]
Ares 140 Hector [13]
Hercules-class
Fast patrol boat		 Ares 75 Hercules   Qatar Coast Guard 5 [14]
Ares 85 Hercules   Oman Coast Guard 14 3 [15]
Ares 110 Hercules   Qatar Coast Guard 10 [16]
Ares 150 Hercules   Bahrain Coast Guard 9 [17]
  Bangladesh Coast Guard 9 (Ordered With TOT) [18]
  Qatar Coast Guard 5
SAT-class
Special operations support and fast attack craft		 Ares 55 SAT [19]
Ares 80 SAT   Qatar Coast Guard 6 [20]
Ares 100 SAT [21]
Ares 115 SAT [22]
Ares 150 SAT [23]
ULAQ-clas
Armed unmanned surface vessel		 ULAQ   Turkey Navy 1 [24]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Ares Tersanesi" (in Turkish). ASBAŞ ANtalya Serbest Bölge Kurucu ve İşleticisi A.Ş. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  2. ^ "18m Patrol Boat". BMT. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  3. ^ "BMT Partners with Ares Shipyard to Deliver Patrol Boats for Bahrain Coast Guard". Navy Recognition. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Umman'ın ARES 85 HERCULES'leri, Antalya'da Suya İndirildi". Savunma Haber (in Turkish). 16 May 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Ares 150 Hercules". Ares. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  6. ^ Özdemir Tosun, Hatice (1 January 2021). "'Mavi vatan'ın koruyucuları için yerli bot üretimine başlandı". Anadolu Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  7. ^ "ARES-42 Hector Botu". Mavi Vatan (in Turkish). 9 November 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  8. ^ "Omani ARES 85 Hercules Patrol Interceptor Vessel Launched". Joint-Forces. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  9. ^ "Turkish Shipbuilder Develops New Armed, Unmanned Surface Vessel". The Maritime Executive. 29 October 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2021.

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