Brandenburg class frigate
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 F218 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
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| Class overview | |
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| Builders: | Blohm + Voss Howaldtswerke Nordseewerke Bremer Vulkan |
| Operators: |  German Navy |
| Preceded by: | Hamburg class destroyer |
| Completed: | 4 |
| Active: | Brandenburg Schleswig-Holstein Bayern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 4900 tonnes |
| Length: | 138.9m |
| Beam: | 16.7m |
| Draft: | 6.8m |
| Propulsion: | CODOG (combined diesel or gas) 2 propeller shafts, controllable pitch propellers 2 MTU 20V 956 TB92 diesel-engines, 8.14 MW each 2 General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 38 MW each 2 Renk BGS 178 Lo gearboxes |
| Speed: | 29 knots |
| Range: | 4000+ nautical miles at 18 kts |
| Complement: | 199 crew and 19 aircrew |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
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 |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: |
1 EADS FL 1800S ECM suite 2 OTO-Melara SCLAR launcher 4 TKWA/MASS (Multi Ammunition Softkill System) decoy launcher (currently under procurement) |
| 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 to be replaced by RBS 15 Mk. 3 surface-to-surface missiles. 1 OTO-Melara 76 mm/62Mk-75 dual-purpose gun 2 Rheinmetall Rh202 autocannons to be replaced by (or already replaced with) MLG 27 27 mm autocannon 4 324 mm torpedo tubes, Mk46 Mod 2 torpedoes |
| Aircraft carried: | 2 Sea Lynx Mk.88A helicopters |
The F123 Brandenburg class is a class of German frigates. They were ordered by the German Navy in June 1989 and commissioned between 1994 and 1996 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.
Currently the F123 class is being upgraded under the auspices of the Fähigkeitsanpassung FüWES (FAF) project. The primary component being upgraded under this program is the Combat Management System, for which a version of the Thales Nederland TACTICOS system will be used.
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 F218 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
 F215 Brandenburg |
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| Pennant | Name | Call sign |
Laid down | Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned |
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| 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.
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