Sachsen class frigate
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The F124 Sachsen class is Germany's latest class of frigates. Their main task is air defence.
With 1.5 billion Euros this was one of the most expensive ship building programs of the German Navy. They are similar to the Dutch De Zeven Provinciën class frigates.
Specifications
- Length: 143.0 m
- Beam: 17.44 m
- Draft: 5.0 m
- Tonnage: 5,690 tons
- Propulsion: combined diesel and gas system
- *2 propeller shafts, controllable pitch propellers
- *2 MTU V20 diesel engines, 7.4MW each
- *1 General Electric LM2500 gas turbine,
- *2 Renk ASM 195 F gearboxes (for the diesel engines)
- *1 Renk AS 2/290 gearbox (gas turbine and cross connection)
- *4 1000kW Deutz 16/628 diesel-generators
- *Range: 4000+ nautical miles at 18kts, 21 days endurance
- *Maximum Speed: 29kts (18kts on diesels alone)
- Sensors:
- *2 STN Atlas 9600-M multi-function I/J band ARPA radars
- *1 Thales Nederland SMART-L long-range air and surface surveillance radar
- *1 Thales Nederlands APAR air and surface search, tracking and guidance radar (I band)
- *1 Thales Sirius IRST long-range infrared surveillance and tracking system
- *1 STN Atlas MSP 500 electro-optical fire control system
- *1 STN Atlas DSQS-24B bow sonar
- Countermeasures:
- *1 FL 1800 S II ECM suite
- *6 Sippican Hycor SRBOC launcher
- Communication: Link 16 and Link 11
- Armament:
- *1 vertical launch system with 32 cells for 32 ESSM (4 per cell) and 24 SM-2 IIA surface-to-air missiles
- *2 RAM launchers with 21 surface-to-air/CIWS-missiles each
- *2 quadruple Harpoon anti-ship missile launcher
- *1 OTO-Melara 76 mm dual-purpose gun
- *2 Mauser MLG 27 27 mm autocannons (replacing Rheinmetall Rh-202 cannons)
- *2 triple torpedo launchers with EuroTorp MU90 Impact torpedo
- Hangar for 2 Sea Lynx Mk.88 or 2 NH90 helicopters
- Endurance: 3 weeks
- Complement: 230+13
List of ships
| Pennant number | Name | Call sign | Shipyard | Laid down | Launched | Delivered | Com- missioned |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F219 | Sachsen | DRAA | Blohm + Voss | February 11999 | January 202001 | November 292002 | December 312003 |
| F220 | Hamburg | DRAB | HDW | September 12000 | August 162002 | September 2004 | December 132004 |
| F221 | Hessen | DRAC | Nordseewerke | September 142001 | July 262003 | December 72005 | April 21 2006 |
| (F222) | Thüringen | may be built | |||||
References
- [Fregatte SACHSEN-Klasse] (in German) - @ Marine (official homepage of the German Navy)
- [SACHSEN CLASS] @ naval-technology.com
- [Fregatte "Sachsen" (F124)] (in German) @ hansa-online.de
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