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German frigate Hessenlarger figure on 4 of 5
Moudge-class frigatelarger figure on 1 of 5
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
Length
Single source143 m (469 ft 2 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | German frigate Hessen | Moudge-class frigate |
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| Power | CODAG (combined diesel and gas) 2 propeller shafts , controllable-pitch propellers 2 MTU V20 diesel engines , 7.4 MW each 1 General Electric LM2500 gas turbine[source] | 2 × 10,000 hp (7,500 kW) engines 4 × 740 hp (550 kW) diesel generators[source] |
| Name | Hessen[source] | Moudge[source] |
| Builder | Nordseewerke , Emden[source] | — |
| Laid down | 14 September 2001[source] | — |
| Launched | 26 July 2003 |
95 m (311 ft 8 in)[source]
+ at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Single source4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi)+ at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| Commissioned | 21 April 2006[source] | — |
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| Identification | Pennant number : F221 MMSI number : 211906000 Call sign : DRAC[source] | — |
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| Status | Active[source] | — |
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| Class & type | Sachsen -class frigate[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | 1 Thales Nederland SMART-L long-range air and surface surveillance radar ( D band ) 1 Thales Nederland APAR air and surface search, tracking and guidance radar ( I band ) 1 Thales Nederland Sirius IRST long-range infrared surveillance and tracking system ( fitted for but not with ) 2 STN Atlas 9600-M multi-function I / J band ARPA radars 1 STN Atlas MSP 500 electro-optical fire control system 1 STN Atlas DSQS-24B bow sonar[source] | Asr 3D PESA long-range radar[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | 1 FL 1800 S II ECM suite 6 Sippican Hycor SRBOC launcher[source] | 2 × 8 tube chaff launcher[source] |
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| Armament | 1 OTO-Melara 76 mm dual-purpose gun 2 Mauser MLG 27 27 mm autocannons 1 MK. 41 VLS Tactical with 32 cells for 24 SM-2 Block IIIA and 32 RIM-162 ESSM (quad-packs per cell) surface-to-air missiles 2 RAM launchers with 21 surface-to-air/ CIWS -missiles each 2 quadruple Harpoon anti-ship missile launchers 2 triple torpedo launchers with EuroTorp MU90 Impact torpedoes[source] | Naval guns 1 × 76 mm Fajr-27 naval gun 1 × 40 mm Fath-40 AAA or 1 × 30mm Kamand CIWS 2 × 20 mm cannons Oerlikon 2 × 12.7 mm heavy machine guns Surface to air missiles 4 × Mehrab SAM , a naval version of the Sayyad-2 or 4 × Sayyad-3 SAM Anti-ship missiles 4 × Noor or Qader anti-ship missiles (Some ships are equipped with 8 anti-ship missiles) Anti-submarine warfare 2 × triple 324 mm torpedoes[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 Sea Lynx Mk.88A or 2 NH90 helicopters equipped with torpedoes, air-to-surface missiles Sea Skua , and/or heavy machine gun.[source] | 1 × Bell 214 ASW helicopter[source] |
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| Country of origin | Germany[source]German frigate Hessen · Origin cell explicitly spans the exact named-ship row in the current inventory; not inherited from a separate class specification | — |
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| Used by | German Navy[source]Current operator stated in the article; inventory date not specified | — |
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| Builders | — | Iranian Navy's Factories Marine Industries Organization[source] |
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| Operators | — | Islamic Republic of Iran Navy[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | Alvand class[source] |
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| Built | — | 2001–present[source] |
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| In service | — | 2010–present[source] |
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| Planned | — |
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| Building | — |
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| Completed | — |
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| Active | — | 0?[source] |
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| Lost | — | 6 (1 unconfirmed)[source] |
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| Type | — | Frigate[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | — | Helicopter landing pad[source] |
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