Brandenburg class frigate
General Characteristics
Displacement:	4900 tonnes
Length:	138.9 m
Beam:	16.7 m
Draft:	6.8 m
Speed:	29 kts
Range:	4000+ nautical miles at 18 kts
Complement:	218+19

The F123 Brandenburg class is a class of German frigates. They were ordered by the German Navy in June 1989 and commissioned between 1994 and 1996 to replace Hamburg class destroyers. These frigates are primarily tasked with anti-submarine warfare, but they also contribute to anti-air defence, the tactical command of group forces and surface operations. Their design includes stealth characteristics. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 532 pixelsFull resolution (1000 × 665 pixel, file size: 276 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) author: Madis Veskimeister, in Port of Tallinn, 16th of June 2007 I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File links Naval_Ensign_of_Germany. ... A tonne (also called metric ton) is a non-SI unit of mass, accepted for use with SI, defined as: 1 tonne = 103 kg (= 106 g). ... A nautical mile or sea mile is a unit of length. ... A knot is a unit of speed abbreviated kt or kn. ... For the bird, see Frigatebird. ... German frigate Karlsruhe rescuing shipwrecked people off the coast of Somalia while participating in the international anti-terror operation ENDURING FREEDOM, April 2005 The Laboe Naval Memorial for sailors who lost their lives at sea during the World Wars and while on duty at sea and U 995 Modern air... Schleswig-Holstein (D-182) The Type 101 Hamburg class was the only class of destroyers built in post-war Germany. ... Anti-submarine warfare (ASW or in older forms A/S) is a branch of naval warfare that uses surface warships, aircraft or other submarines to find, track and then damage or destroy enemy submarines. ... American troops man an anti-aircraft gun near the Algerian coastline in 1943 Anti-aircraft, or air defense, is any method of combating military aircraft from the ground. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Specifications

• Length: 138.9 m
• Beam: 16.7 m
• Draft: 6.8 m
• Displacement: 4900 t
• Propulsion: combined diesel or gas
  • 2 propeller shafts, controllable pitch propellers
  • 2 MTU 20V 956 TB92 diesel-engines, 8.14 MW each
  • 2 General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 38 MW each
  • 2 Renk BGS 178 Lo gearboxes
  • Range: 4000 nautical miles at 18 kts
  • Maximum speed: 29 kts
• 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
  • 4 TKWA/MASS decoy launcher (currently under procurement)
• Armament:
  • 1 Mk 41 Mod 3 vertical launch system, 16 cells Seasparrow surface-to-air missiles (ESSM planned)
  • 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) MLG 27 27 mm autocannon
  • 4 324 mm torpedo tubes, Mk46 Mod 2 torpedos
• Aicraft:
  • 2 Sea Lynx Mk.88A helicopters
• Complement: 218 (including air crew of 19)

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Images

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List of ships

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See also

• F125 class frigate  Germany
• Sachsen class frigate  Germany
• Hamburg class destroyer  Germany

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