Köln-class frigate

F220 Köln in 1982
Class overview
Name:	Köln
Builders:	H. C. Stülcken Sohn, Hamburg
Operators:	German Navy,  Turkish Navy
Completed:	6
Retired:	6
General characteristics [1]
Type:	Frigate
Displacement:	2090 tons standard, 2750 tons full load
Length:	105 m (344 ft 6 in) waterline 109.80 m (360 ft 3 in) overall
Beam:	11 m (36 ft 1 in)
Draught:	4.60 m (15 ft 1 in)
Propulsion:	2 shaft CODAG 2 Brown Boveri & Cie gas turbines, 8832 kilowatts each (24,000 hp total) 4 MAN 16-cylinder diesel engines, 2208 kilowatts each (12,000hp total)
Speed:	32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Range:	3,450 nautical miles (6,390 km; 3,970 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph), 900 nautical miles (1,670 km; 1,040 mi) at 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)[2]
Endurance:	Bunker: 360 t
Complement:	238
Sensors and processing systems:	Navigation radar KH14/9 Target designation radar DA-02 Surface search radar SGR103 Fire control radar M44, M45 Sonar PAE/CWE hull mounted medium frequency sonar
Armament:	2 × 100 mm METL 53 guns 2 twin barreled 40 mm/L70 Breda Mod 58 II MDL anti-aircraft guns 2 single barreled 40 mm/L70 Bofors Mod 58 anti-aircraft guns 4 × 533 mm torpedo tubes, 2 quadruple 375 mm anti-submarine mortar depth charges, mine-laying capacity

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.

List of ships

All ships were stationed as second frigate squadron in Wilhelmshaven.

See also

• List of frigates
• List of German Federal Navy ships
• List of naval ships of Germany
• List of naval ship classes of Germany
• Lists of ship launches in: 1959, 1962
• Lists of ship commissionings in: 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964
• Lists of ship decommissionings in: 1982, 1983, 1988, 1989

References

• Gardiner, Robert and Stephen Chumbley. Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press, 1995. ISBN 1-55750-132-7.
• Prézelin, Bernard and A.D. Baker III. The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World 1990/1991. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press, 1990. ISBN 0-87021-250-8.