F224 Lübeck in the Bay of Biscay, 1975 |
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Köln |
| Builders: | H. C. Stülcken Sohn, Hamburg |
| Operators: | German Navy, Turkish Navy |
| Completed: | 6 |
| Retired: | 6 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | frigate |
| Displacement: | 2090 tons standard, 2750 tons full load |
| Length: | 105 m |
| Beam: | 11 m |
| Draught: | 4.6 m |
| Propulsion: |
2 shaft CODAG
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| Endurance: | Bunker: 361 cubic meters diesel fuel |
| Complement: | 238 |
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The ships of the F120 Köln class of frigates were the first major warships built in Germany after World War II.
They were the world's first ships to feature a combined diesel and gas propulsion system. The ships received numerous refits during their long careers with new electronics and torpedo tubes. They were replaced by Type 122 frigates in the 1980s and four ships were sold to the Turkish Navy.
| Pen- nant |
Name | Shipyard | Laid down | Launched | Com- missioned |
Decom- missioned |
Fate |
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| F220 | Köln | Stülcken & Sohn | April 15 1961 |
December 17 1982 |
used as hulk in Neustadt | ||
| F221 | Emden | Stülcken & Sohn | April 15 1958 |
March 21 1959 |
October 24 1961 |
June 30 1983 |
Sold to the Turkish Navy as D361 Gemlik, destroyed in a fire |
| F222 | Augsburg | Stülcken & Sohn | October 29 1958 |
August 15 1959 |
April 7 1962 |
March 30 1988 |
Broken up in Hamburg |
| F223 | Karlsruhe | HDW | December 15 1958 |
October 24 1959 |
December 15 1962 |
March 28 1983 |
sold to the Turkish Navy as D360 Gelibolu |
| F224 | Lübeck | Stülcken & Sohn | June 6 1963 |
December 1 1988 |
sold to the Turkish Navy for cannibalization | ||
| F225 | Braunschweig | Stülcken & Sohn | July 28 1960 |
February 3 1962 |
June 16 1964 |
July 4 1989 |
sold as D361 Gemlik to the Turkish Navy, replaced ex-Emden |
All ships were stationed as second frigate squadron in Wilhelmshaven.
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