Frankenthal-class minehunter
 M1064 Grömitz, already equipped with the MLG 27 | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders: |
Lürssen Abeking & Rasmussen Krögerwerft |
| Operators: |
 German Navy United Arab Emirates Navy |
| Preceded by: | Hameln class minesweeper |
| Subclasses: |
 Turkish Navy: A Class |
| In commission: | 1992-1998 |
| Planned: | 12 |
| Completed: | 12 |
| Active: | 9 |
| Retired: | 3 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Mine hunter |
| Displacement: | 650 t |
| Length: | 54.4 m (178 ft) |
| Beam: | 9.2 m (30 ft) |
| Draft: | 2.6 m (8 ft 6 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × MTU 16V 538 TB91 diesel-engines, 2040 kW each 2 × electric motors for slow and silent maneuvering |
| Speed: | 18 kn |
| Complement: | 41 |
| Sensors and processing systems: | 1 × hull mounted DSQS-11A mine hunting sonar DRBN 32 navigation radar |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: | 2 × TKWA/MASS (Multi Ammunition Softkill System) decoy launchers (currently under procurement) 2 × Barricade chaff and flare launcher |
| Armament: | 1 × Bofors 40 mm/L70 dual purpose gun (currently upgrading to 1 × MLG 27 27 mm autocannon) 2 FIM-92 Stinger MANPADS surface-to-air missile |
| Notes: |
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The Type 332 Frankenthal class mine hunter is a 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.
Slightly modified Frankenthal class mine hunters are also operated by the Turkish Navy, where they are referred to as the A Class.
List of German ships
All active ships are currently stationed in Kiel at the Baltic Sea. M1058, M1059, M1062, M1065 and M1069 are part of the 3. Minensuchgeschwader (3. mine sweeper squadron). The others belong to 5. Minensuchgeschwader. M1060 Weiden was sold to United Arab Emirates in 2006. As the German Navy closed the naval base at Olpenitz, all ships were relocated to Kiel and their squadrons incorporated into the Einsatzflottille 1 (Flotilla 1).[1]
On 21 February 2007, Grömitz ran onto a reef in the Floro fjord while on tour in western Norway and remained stranded in a spectacular way until being salvaged.[2]
| Pennant Number |
Name | Call sign |
Shipyard | Commissioned | Decommissioned |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M1066 | Frankenthal | DREY | Lürssen | December 16, 1992 | Sold to UAE (now M02 Al Murjan) |
| M1060 | Weiden | DRES | Abeking & Rasmussen | March 3, 1993 | Sold to UAE (now M01 Al Hasbah) |
| M1061 | Rottweil | DRET | Krögerwerft | July 7, 1993 | Refitted to be used with the SEK-M |
| 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 | ||
Gallery
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M1064 Grömitz
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M1063 Bad Bevensen at the Kiel Week 2007
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A Pinguin B3 mine-hunting ROV
References
- ↑ "Minenjagdboot FRANKENTHAL-Klasse". Deutsche Marine. Retrieved 4 August 2008.
- ↑ Image
External links
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