She was a modified British
S class design launched on 19 July 1940 by
Vickers Armstrong at
Barrow-in-Furness. Due to the pressing need for her, she was commissioned into the
Royal Navy on 1 December 1941 so she could be sent to Turkey. It was not until 26 March 1942 that she left the
Clyde for
Gibraltar. On 7 April she left Gibraltar for
Alexandria, where she arrived on 25 April. She arrived at the Turkish naval base at
İskenderun on 9 May 1942 and was handed over to the
Turkish Navy as
Oruç Reis. She would continue in service with the Turkish Navy, operating in the
Mediterranean, and remained in service after the
Second World War ended. She was finally broken up in 1957. ==References==