Sea Weapons

Guided Missile Frigate (1994)

Brandenburg class

Brandenburg class

Preceded by:

Bremen (1982)

Succeeded by:

Sachsen (2003)

Datafile

ClassBrandenburg
TypeGuided Missile Frigate
Year1994
Crew219
Dimensions
Length126.1 m (pp)
138.9 m
Beam16.7 m
Draught6.3 m
Displacement
Empty3,660 t
Loaded4,275 t
Performance
Speed54 km/h
Range7,408 km @ 33 km/h
Machinery
Shafts2
Turbines2 x Gas turbine
25,480 hp
General Electric
LM2500

2 x Diesel engine
5,630 hp
MTU
20V 956 TB92

Fuel-
Armament
Main1 x 76-mm/62 (1 x 1)
76-mm Compact
-15° / +85°

Anti-Aircraft
Torpedo tubes2x2 x (12.75-in) [Mk. 32]
Launcher16 x Mk. 41 VLS
AA WeaponsMM38 Exocet (2 x 2)
RIM-7 (16)
RIM-116 RAM (2 x 21)
Armor
ArmorNone
Sensors
RadarLW08
SMART
STIR 180
Redpath I
SonarDSQS-23BZ
Production
Built4
Total4

Registry

Ship Code Builder Laid Launch Comm Decomm Fate
Brandenburg F215 Blohm & Voss11/02/199228/08/199214/10/1994-Active
Schleswig-Holstein F216 HDW01/07/199308/06/199424/11/1995-Active
Bayern F217 Nordseewerke16/12/199330/06/199415/06/1996-Active
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern F218 Vulcan23/11/199323/02/199501/12/1996-Active

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