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 was founded for building of sightseeing boats and yachts by 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		[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]