Burak-class corvette TCG Bartın at İzmir, 2007
Class overview
Name	Burak or B class
Builders	Arsenal de Lorient, Lorient, France
Operators	Turkish Naval Forces
Succeeded by	Ada class
Subclasses	D'Estienne d'Orves class
Built	1972–1979
In commission	2002–present
Active	5
Retired	1
General characteristics
Type	Corvette
Displacement	1,325 tonnes
Length	80.52 m (264 ft 2 in)
Beam	10.2 m (33 ft 6 in)
Draft	3.42 m (11 ft 3 in)
Propulsion	2 × SEMT-Pielstick 12PC2V400 diesels, 12,000 hp (8.95 MW)
Speed	23 knots (43 km/h)
Range	4,500 nmi (8,300 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h)
Complement	7 Officers, 83 P/O and enlisted
Armament	4 × Exocet SSM; 1 × 100 mm/55 or 76mm Oto Melara gun; 2 × 20 mm guns; 4 × L5 torpedoes; 1 × 375 mm 6 barrel ASW A/S mortars

Burak-class corvette (Turkish: Burak sınıfı korvet), also known as the B-class corvette, is a warship class of the Turkish Navy, all ex-D'Estienne d'Orves-class A69 type aviso corvettes, mainly designed for coastal anti-submarine defense and ocean escort missions. Their robust design and economical propulsion system allows them to be used for distant overseas operations.

A total of six ships under the Burak class are being operated by the Turkish Naval Forces and will be phased out with introduction of Ada-class corvettes.

• TCG Bozcaada (F-500), formerly Commandant de Pimodan (F787)
• TCG Bodrum (F-501), formerly Drogou (F783). Retired in 2022.^[1]
• TCG Bandırma (F-502), formerly Quartier-Maître Anquetil (F786)
• TCG Beykoz (F-503), formerly D'Estienne d'Orves (F781)
• TCG Bartın (F-504), formerly Amyot d'Inville (F782)
• TCG Bafra (F-505), formerly Second-Maître Le Bihan (F788)

• B (A-69) class corvette

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v t e  Ship classes of the Turkish Navy
Amphibious assault ships	TCG Anadolu class
Destroyers	TF2000 class
Frigates	Barbaros class Yavuz class G class Istanbul class
Corvettes	Ada class Burak class
Submarines	Gür class Preveze class Atılay class Reis class
Fast attack crafts	Kılıç class Yıldız class Rüzgar class Doğan class Kartal class
Mine warfare ships	A-class minehunter E-class minehunter F-class minesweeper S-class minesweeper K-class minesweeper
Main landing ships	Osman Gazi class SarucaBey class Ertuğrul-class LST LPD class
Landing craft	Ç-117-class LCT Ç-302-class LCM
Replenishment oiler	Akar class
Patrol boat	Tuzla class
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