Brandenburg class frigate

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F218 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

The F123 Brandenburg class is a class of German frigates. Their main task is anti-submarine warfare.

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Specifications

Length: 138.9m
Beam: 16.7m
Draft: 6.8m
Displacement: 4700t
Propulsion: combined diesel or gas
*2 propeller shafts, controllable pitch propellers
*2 MTU 20V 956 TB92 diesel-engines, 8.14MW each
*2 General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 38MW each
*2 Renk BGS 178 Lo gearboxes
*Range: 4000 nautical miles at 18kts
*Maximum speed: 29kts
Sensors:
*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
Communication: Link 16 and Link 11
Countermeasures:
*1 EADS FL 1800S ECM suite
*2 OTO-Melara SCLAR launcher
Armament:
*1 Mk 41 Mod 3 vertical launch system, 16 cells Seasparrow surface-to-air missiles
*2 Mk 49 launcher with 21 RAM surface-to-air/CIWS-missiles each
*4 MM38 Exocet anti-ship missiles
*1 OTO-Melara 76mm/62Mk-75 dual-purpose gun
*2 Rheinmetall Rh202 autocannons to be replaced by (or already replaced with) Mauser BK-27 27mm
*4 324mm torpedo tubes, Mk46 Mod 2 torpedos
Hangar for 2 Sea Lynx Mk.88 helicopters
Complement: 218 (including air crew of 19)

Pennant Name Call
sign Laid down Shipyard Launched Commissioned
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 6. Fregattengeschwader (6th Frigate Squadron) of the Deutsche Marine.

Pennant	Name	Call sign	Laid down	Shipyard	Launched	Commissioned
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

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