Frankenthal class mine hunter

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Ensdorf class minesweeper
M1064 Grömitz, already equipped with the MLG 27
General characteristics
Displacement:	660 tonnes
Length:	54.50 m
Beam:	9.20 m
Draft:	2.84 m
Speed:	18 knots
Complement:	41

The Type 332 Frankenthal class mine hunter is a 12-ship class of German mine hunters. The ships are built of non-magnetic steel. Hull, machinery and superstructure of this class is similar to the original Type 343 Hameln class minesweeper, but the equipment differs.

Contents 1 Specifications 2 List of ships 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Specifications

• Propulsion:
  • 2 MTU 16V 538 TB91 diesel-engines, 2040 kW each
  • 2 electric motors for slow and silent maneuvering
  • 2 Renk PLS 25 E gearboxes
  • 2 controllable pitch propellers
• Speed: 18 kn
• Armament:
  • 1 Bofors 40 mm/L70 dual purpose gun (currently upgrading to 1 MLG 27 27 mm autocannon)
  • Mine laying capabilities
• Countermeasures
  • 2 Barricade chaff and flare launcher
  • 2 MASS (Multi Ammunition Softkill System) decoy launchers (currently under procurement)
• Sensors:
  • 1 hull mounted DSQS-11A mine hunting sonar
  • DRBN 32 navigation radar
• Equipment:
  • 2 Pinguin B3 mine hunting ROVs
  • crane
  • 2 Fliegerfaust 2 MANPADS surface-to-air missile stands
  • mine diver equipment, decompression chamber
• Complement: 41

[edit] List of ships

Pennant Number	Name	Call sign	shipyard	commissioned
M1066	Frankenthal	DREY	Lürssen	December 16, 1992
M1060	Weiden	DRES	Abeking & Rasmussen	March 3, 1993
M1061	Rottweil	DRET	Krögerwerft	July 7, 1993
M1063	Bad Bevensen	DREV	Lürssen	December 9, 1993
M1067	Bad Rappenau	DREZ	Abeking & Rasmussen	April 19, 1994
M1064	Grömitz	DREW	Krögerwerft	August 23, 1994
M1068	Datteln	DRFA	Lürssen	December 8, 1994
M1065	Dillingen	DREX	Abeking & Rasmussen	April 25, 1995
M1069	Homburg	DRFB	Krögerwerft	September 26, 1995
M1062	Sulzbach-Rosenberg	DREU	Lürssen	January 23, 1996
M1058	Fulda	DRFC		June 5, 1998
M1059	Weilheim	DRFD		November 26, 1998

All ships are currently stationed in Olpenitz at the Baltic Sea. M1062, M1066 and M1067 are part of the 3. Minensuchgeschwader (3. mine sweeper squadron). The others belonged to the 1. Minensuchgeschwader, that has been dissolved on December 21, 2005. Weiden is about to be sold to United Arab Emirates in 2006 and the other units will be transferred to the 3. and 5. Minensuchgeschwader. As the German Navy plans to close the naval base at Olpenitz, all ships will be relocated to Kiel and their squadrons incorporated into the Einsatzflottille 1 (Flotilla 1).

On 21st February 2007 Grömitz ran onto a reef in the Floro fjord while on tour in western Norway and remained stranded in a spectacular way. [1]

Frankenthal class mine hunters are named the A class in the Turkish Navy.

[edit] See also

v • d • e 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 201 · 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 · 738 Bottsand · 751 Planet · 760 Westerwald

[edit] External links

• naval-technology.com