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 type	Incorporated company
Industry	Shipbuilding
Founded	2006; 18 years ago (2006)
Founder	Kalafatoğlu Family
Headquarters	Free 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

As of April 2022^[update]

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

References

1. "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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