Brandenburg class frigate
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The F123 Brandenburg class is a class of German frigates. They were ordered by the German Navy in June 1989 to replace Hamburg class destroyers. These frigates are primarily tasked with anti-submarine warfare, but they also contribute to anti-air defence, the tactical command of group forces and surface operations. Their design includes stealth characteristics.
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[edit] Specifications
- Length: 138.9m
- Beam: 16.7m
- Draft: 6.8m
- Displacement: 4700t
- Propulsion: combined diesel or gas
- 2 propeller shafts, controllable pitch propellers
- 2 MTU 20V 956 TB92 diesel-engines, 8.14MW each
- 2 General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 38MW each
- 2 Renk BGS 178 Lo gearboxes
- Range: 4000 nautical miles at 18kts
- Maximum speed: 29kts
- Sensors:
- 1 Thales LW08 air search D band radar
- 1 Thales SMART-F air/surface search F band radar
- 2 Thales STIR 180 fire-control radar
- 2 Raytheon Redpath I band navigation radar
- 1 STN Atlas DSQS-23BZ hull-mounted sonar
- 1 STN Atlas LFASS towed array sonar to be fitted
- Communication: Link 16 and Link 11
- Countermeasures:
- 1 EADS FL 1800S ECM suite
- 2 OTO-Melara SCLAR launcher
- Armament:
- 1 Mk 41 Mod 3 vertical launch system, 16 cells Seasparrow surface-to-air missiles (ESSM planned)
- 2 Mk 49 launcher with 21 RAM surface-to-air/CIWS-missiles each
- 4 MM38 Exocet anti-ship missiles
- 1 OTO-Melara 76mm/62Mk-75 dual-purpose gun
- 2 Rheinmetall Rh202 autocannons to be replaced by (or already replaced with) MLG 27 27mm autocannon
- 4 324mm torpedo tubes, Mk46 Mod 2 torpedos
- Hangar for 2 Sea Lynx Mk.88 helicopters
- Complement: 218 (including air crew of 19)
[edit] List of ships
| Pennant | Name | Call sign |
Laid down | Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F215 | Brandenburg | DRAH | February 11, 1992 | Blohm + Voss | August 28, 1992 | October 14, 1994 |
| F216 | Schleswig-Holstein | DRAI | July 1, 1993 | Howaldtswerke | June 8, 1994 | November 24, 1995 |
| F217 | Bayern | DRAJ | December 16, 1993 | Nordseewerke | June 30, 1994 | June 15, 1996 |
| F218 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | DRAK | November 23, 1993 | Bremer Vulkan | February 23, 1995 | December 1, 1996 |
All ships of the class were named after German Bundesländer and are based in Wilhelmshaven as 2. Fregattengeschwader (2nd Frigate Squadron) of the Deutsche Marine.
[edit] See also
| Ship classes of the Deutsche Marine | |
|---|---|
| Destroyers | 101A Hamburg | 103B Lütjens |
| Frigates and Corvettes | 122 Bremen | 123 Brandenburg | 124 Sachsen | F125 | 130 Braunschweig |
| Fast Attack Craft | 143 Albatros | 143A Gepard | 148 Tiger |
| Mine warfare | 332 Frankenthal | 333 Kulmbach | 352 Ensdorf | 742A Mühlhausen |
| Submarines | 205B | 206A | 212A |
| Auxiliary ships | 404 Elbe | 423 Oste | 441 Gorch Fock | 520 Barbe | 702 Berlin | 703 Walchensee | 704 Rhön | 720 Helgoland | 721 Eisvogel | 722 Wangerooge | 760 Westerwald |
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