German frigate Rheinland-Pfalz (F225) vs Nampo-class minelayer

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German frigate Rheinland-Pfalz (F225)

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First system

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At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

German frigate Rheinland-Pfalz (F225)Length

149.52 m

Length source ↗

Nampo-class minelayerLength

114 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

German frigate Rheinland-Pfalz (F225)larger figure on 3 of 3

Length+31%
Beam+11%
Speed+12%

Nampo-class minelayerlarger figure on 0 of 3

None

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

10 of 37 rows sourced on both sides

150m

114m

Length+31%

All recorded figures & sources

149.52 m

Length

Single source

149.52 m (490 ft 7 in)^[source]

114 m

Length

Single source

114 m (374 ft 0 in)^[source]

18.8m

17m

Beam+11%

All recorded figures & sources

18.8 m

Beam

Single source

18.80 m (61 ft 8 in)^[source]

17 m

Beam

Single source

17 m (55 ft 9 in)^[source]

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28m

Height

All recorded figures & sources

28 m

Height

Single source

28 m (91 ft 10 in)^[source]

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Draught

All recorded figures & sources

5 m

Draught

Single source

5 m (16 ft 5 in)^[source]

7,200t

4,240tfull load

Displacement

All recorded figures & sources

7,200 tonnes

Displacement

Single source

7,200 tonnes^[source]

3,000 tonnes

Empty

Single source

4,240 tonnes

full load

Single source

3,000 t (empty), 4,240 t (full load)^[source]

190standard crew: 110

120

Complement

All recorded figures & sources

190 people

standard crew: 110

Single source

190 (standard crew: 110)^[source]

120 people

Complement

Single source

120^[source]

48km/hMaximum; max

43km/hMaximum; max

Speed+12%

All recorded figures & sources

48 km/h

Maximum; max

Single source

37 km/h

Maximum; on diesel only

Single source

20 knots (37 km/h) on diesel only, 26 kn (48 km/h) max.^[source]

43 km/h

Maximum; max

Single source

23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) (max)^[source]

7,400km

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Range

All recorded figures & sources

7,400 km

Range

Single source

4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km)^[source]

Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.

Configuration

Details

German frigate Rheinland-Pfalz (F225) and Nampo-class minelayer configuration
Specification	German frigate Rheinland-Pfalz (F225)	Nampo-class minelayer
Power	CODLAG 1 × 20 MW gas turbine 2 × 4.7 MW electric motors 4 × 2.9 MW diesel generators 3 × gearboxes : one for each shaft and one to crossconnect the gas turbine to them 2 × shafts , driving controllable pitch propellers 1 × 1 MW bow thruster^[source]	—
Name	Rheinland-Pfalz^[source]	Nampo class^[source]
Namesake	Rheinland-Pfalz^[source]	—
Port of registry	Hamburg , Germany^[source]	—
Builder	Lürssen , Wolgast Blohm+Voss , Hamburg^[source]	—
Laid down	29 January 2015^[source]	—
Launched	24 May 2017^[source]	—
Acquired	28 January 2022^[source]	—
Commissioned	13 July 2022^[source]	—
Identification	MMSI number : 211923000 Callsign : DRAG Pennant number : F225^[source]	—
Status	In active service^[source]	—
Class & type	Baden-Württemberg -class frigate^[source]	—
Boats & landing craft carried	Submarine ROVs 4 × 11 m (36 ft 1 in) RHIB , capable of more than 40 kn (74 km/h)^[source]	—
Capacity	Space for two 6.1 m (20 ft 0 in) containers^[source]	—
Sensors & processing systems	1 × Cassidian TRS-4D AESA radar 2(?) × navigation radars IFF diver and swimmer detection sonar (no anti-submarine sonar) Laser warning KORA-18 Combined RADAR and COMMS ESM from GEDIS Link 11 , Link 16 , Link 22 communications systems^[source]	LIG Nex1 SQS-240K hull-mounted sonar STX SPS-300K 2D Marine radar LIG Nex1 SPG-540K fire control radar LIG Nex1 SPS-550K air search 3D radar^[source]
Electronic warfare & decoys	TKWA/MASS (Multi Ammunition Softkill System) ECM^[source]	LIG Nex1 SLQ-200K Sonata electronic warfare suite LIG Nex1 SLQ-261K torpedo acoustic counter measures Rheinmetall MASS decoy launchers^[source]
Armament	Naval guns: 1 × 127 mm lightweight Otobreda naval gun with guided VULCANO ammunition for land-attack missions (range: more than 100 km (62 mi)) 2 × 27 mm MLG 27 remote-controlled autocannons 5 × 12.7 mm Hitrole -NT remote-controlled machine gun turrets 2 × 12.7 mm heavy machine guns (manually controlled) Anti-air missiles: 2 × RAM Block II surface-to-air missile launcher/ CIWS , 21 cells each Anti-ship missiles : 8 × RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missiles (interim solution until joint sea/land attack missile RBS 15 MK4 becomes available) Non-Lethal: Water cannons^[source]	1 × OTO Melara 76 mm/L62 caliber naval gun 2 × Mark 46 torpedo in triple torpedo tubes or K745 Blue Shark lightweight torpedo 16-cell K-VLS for: K-SAAM quadpacked in 4 per cell^[source]
Aircraft carried	2 × NH-90 helicopters^[source]	—
Country of origin	Germany^[source]German frigate Rheinland-Pfalz (F225) · Origin cell explicitly spans the exact named-ship row in the current inventory; not inherited from a separate class specification	South Korea^[source] South Korea^[source]
Used by	German Navy^[source]Current operator stated in the article; inventory date not specified	—
Builders	—	Hyundai Heavy Industries^[source]
Operators	—	Republic of Korea Navy^[source]
Preceded by	—	Wonsan class^[source]
In commission	—	2017–present^[source]
Completed	—	1^[source]
Active	—	1^[source]
Type	—	Minelayer^[source]
Source measurement	—	The MLS-II Nampo has a length of 114 meters (374 ft 0 in), 17 m (55 ft 9 in) in width and 28 m (91 ft 10 in) in draft with a displacement of 4,000 tons. Its crew complement is 120. The ships are equipped with a K-VLS package on top of the helicopter hangar that can deploy K-SAAM surface-to-air missiles. The Nampo class are also fitted with two Mark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes for LIG Nex1 K745 Blue Shark anti-submarine torpedoes. Each ship is protected by two Rheinmetall Multi Ammunition Softkill Systems (MASS) which are installed amidships. The Nampo class is also equipped with two LIG Nex1 SLQ-261K Torpedo Acoustic Counter Measure (TACM) systems. The main radar of the ships is a LIG Nex1 SPS-550K medium to long-range air and surface surveillance multibeam 3D radar.^[source]Nampo-class minelayer · Features; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage

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German frigate Rheinland-Pfalz (F225)

Nampo-class minelayer

Power

CODLAG 1 × 20 MW gas turbine 2 × 4.7 MW electric motors 4 × 2.9 MW diesel generators 3 × gearboxes : one for each shaft and one to crossconnect the gas turbine to them 2 × shafts , driving controllable pitch propellers 1 × 1 MW bow thruster^[source]

—

Name

Rheinland-Pfalz^[source]

Nampo class^[source]

Namesake

Rheinland-Pfalz^[source]

—

Port of registry

Hamburg , Germany^[source]

—

Builder

Lürssen , Wolgast Blohm+Voss , Hamburg^[source]

—

Laid down

29 January 2015^[source]

—

Launched

24 May 2017^[source]

—

Acquired

28 January 2022^[source]

—

Commissioned

13 July 2022^[source]

—

Identification

MMSI number : 211923000 Callsign : DRAG Pennant number : F225^[source]

—

Status

In active service^[source]

—

Class & type

Baden-Württemberg -class frigate^[source]

—

Boats & landing craft carried

Submarine ROVs 4 × 11 m (36 ft 1 in) RHIB , capable of more than 40 kn (74 km/h)^[source]

—

Capacity

Space for two 6.1 m (20 ft 0 in) containers^[source]

—

Sensors & processing systems

1 × Cassidian TRS-4D AESA radar 2(?) × navigation radars IFF diver and swimmer detection sonar (no anti-submarine sonar) Laser warning KORA-18 Combined RADAR and COMMS ESM from GEDIS Link 11 , Link 16 , Link 22 communications systems^[source]

LIG Nex1 SQS-240K hull-mounted sonar STX SPS-300K 2D Marine radar LIG Nex1 SPG-540K fire control radar LIG Nex1 SPS-550K air search 3D radar^[source]

Electronic warfare & decoys

TKWA/MASS (Multi Ammunition Softkill System) ECM^[source]

LIG Nex1 SLQ-200K Sonata electronic warfare suite LIG Nex1 SLQ-261K torpedo acoustic counter measures Rheinmetall MASS decoy launchers^[source]

Armament

Naval guns: 1 × 127 mm lightweight Otobreda naval gun with guided VULCANO ammunition for land-attack missions (range: more than 100 km (62 mi)) 2 × 27 mm MLG 27 remote-controlled autocannons 5 × 12.7 mm Hitrole -NT remote-controlled machine gun turrets 2 × 12.7 mm heavy machine guns (manually controlled) Anti-air missiles: 2 × RAM Block II surface-to-air missile launcher/ CIWS , 21 cells each Anti-ship missiles : 8 × RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missiles (interim solution until joint sea/land attack missile RBS 15 MK4 becomes available) Non-Lethal: Water cannons^[source]

1 × OTO Melara 76 mm/L62 caliber naval gun 2 × Mark 46 torpedo in triple torpedo tubes or K745 Blue Shark lightweight torpedo 16-cell K-VLS for: K-SAAM quadpacked in 4 per cell^[source]

Aircraft carried

2 × NH-90 helicopters^[source]

—

Country of origin

Germany^[source]German frigate Rheinland-Pfalz (F225) · Origin cell explicitly spans the exact named-ship row in the current inventory; not inherited from a separate class specification

South Korea^[source]

Used by

German Navy^[source]Current operator stated in the article; inventory date not specified

—

Builders

—

Hyundai Heavy Industries^[source]

Operators

—

Republic of Korea Navy^[source]

Preceded by

—

Wonsan class^[source]

In commission

—

2017–present^[source]

Completed

—

1^[source]

Active

—

1^[source]

Type

—

Minelayer^[source]

Source measurement

—

The MLS-II Nampo has a length of 114 meters (374 ft 0 in), 17 m (55 ft 9 in) in width and 28 m (91 ft 10 in) in draft with a displacement of 4,000 tons. Its crew complement is 120. The ships are equipped with a K-VLS package on top of the helicopter hangar that can deploy K-SAAM surface-to-air missiles. The Nampo class are also fitted with two Mark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes for LIG Nex1 K745 Blue Shark anti-submarine torpedoes. Each ship is protected by two Rheinmetall Multi Ammunition Softkill Systems (MASS) which are installed amidships. The Nampo class is also equipped with two LIG Nex1 SLQ-261K Torpedo Acoustic Counter Measure (TACM) systems. The main radar of the ships is a LIG Nex1 SPS-550K medium to long-range air and surface surveillance multibeam 3D radar.^[source]Nampo-class minelayer · Features; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage