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German frigate Rheinland-Pfalz (F225)larger figure on 3 of 4
SAS Amatolalarger figure on 1 of 4
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Length
Single source149.52 m (490 ft 7 in)[source]
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| Specification | German frigate Rheinland-Pfalz (F225) | SAS Amatola |
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| 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] | CODAG WARP 2 × Diesels 5,920 kW (7,939 hp) each 2 shafts 1 × Gas turbine 20,000 kW (26,820 hp) 1 waterjet[source] |
| Name | Rheinland-Pfalz[source] | SAS Amatola[source] |
| Namesake | Rheinland-Pfalz[source] | The Amatola Mountains where British forces fought the Xhosas in late 1852[source] |
| Port of registry | Hamburg , Germany |
121 m (397 ft 0 in)[source]
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| Builder | Lürssen , Wolgast Blohm+Voss , Hamburg[source] | Blohm+Voss , Hamburg[source] |
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| Laid down | 29 January 2015[source] | 6 August 2001[source] |
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| Launched | 24 May 2017[source] | 6 June 2002[source] |
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| Acquired | 28 January 2022[source] | — |
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| Commissioned | 13 July 2022[source] | 16 February 2006[source] |
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| Identification | MMSI number : 211923000 Callsign : DRAG Pennant number : F225[source] | MMSI number : 601350000 Callsign : ZSRH[source] |
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| Status | In active service[source] | in active service[source] |
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| Class & type | Baden-Württemberg -class frigate[source] | Valour-class frigate[source] |
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| Boats & landing craft carried | Submarine ROVs 4 × 11 m (36 ft 1 in) RHIB , capable of more than 40 kn (74 km/h)[source] | — |
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| Capacity | Space for two 6.1 m (20 ft 0 in) containers[source] | — |
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| 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] | Surveillance Radar : Thales Naval France MRR-3D NG G-band multi-role radar Optical Radar Tracker : 2 Reutech RTS 6400 monopulse X-band (I/J bands) combined radar and optronics trackers Electro-optical Tracker : Reutech Electro-optical tracker Identification Friend or Foe : Tellumat Integrated Naval IFF system Target Designation Sights : M-Tek Target Designation Sights Sonar : Thales UMS4132 Kingklip sonar Obstacle avoidance sonar : MDS 3060[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | TKWA/MASS (Multi Ammunition Softkill System) ECM[source] | ESM/ECM : Saab Grintek Avitronics SME 100/200 ESM (Intercept and Jammer) & ELINT Decoys : 2 Saab Grintek Avitronics MRL Super Barricade chaff launchers (96 decoys)[source] |
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| 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 × Otobreda 76 mm gun 1 × twin barreled 35 mm (Denel) dual purpose gun 2 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon Mk1 8 × MBDA MM40 Exocet Block 2 SSM (2 × 4-cell launchers) 32 × Umkhonto SAM (4 × 8-cell vertical launchers) 4×324mm torpedo tubes[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 × NH-90 helicopters[source] | 1 × SuperLynx 300 (can carry 2)[source] |
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| 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 | — |
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| Used by | German Navy[source]Current operator stated in the article; inventory date not specified | — |
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| Operator | — | South African Navy[source] |
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| Ordered | — | 3 December 1999[source] |
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| Home port | — | Simonstown[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | — | Flight deck Enclosed hangar[source] |
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