German frigate Sachsen-Anhalt vs Moudge-class frigate

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German frigate Sachsen-Anhalt — licensed reference photograph

AWarships

German frigate Sachsen-Anhalt

Credit

Ein Dahmer · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

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Moudge-class frigate

Frigate

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Tasnim News Agency · CC BY 4.0 · Resized · CC BY 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

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At a glance

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Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

German frigate Sachsen-AnhaltLength

149.52 m

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Moudge-class frigateLength

95 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

German frigate Sachsen-Anhaltlarger figure on 4 of 4

Length+57%
Beam+69%
Draught+54%
Displacement+380%

Moudge-class frigatelarger figure on 0 of 4

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Measured figures

Head to head

12 of 38 rows sourced on both sides

150m

95m

Length+57%

All recorded figures & sources

149.52 m

Length

Single source

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

95 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

German frigate Sachsen-Anhalt and Moudge-class frigate configuration
Specification	German frigate Sachsen-Anhalt	Moudge-class frigate
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]	2 × 10,000 hp (7,500 kW) engines 4 × 740 hp (550 kW) diesel generators^[source]
Name	Sachsen-Anhalt^[source]	Moudge^[source]
Namesake	Sachsen-Anhalt^[source]	—
Port of registry	Hamburg , Germany^[source]	—

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

Laid down	4 June 2014^[source]	—

Launched	4 March 2016^[source]	—

Commissioned	17 May 2021^[source]	—

Identification	MMSI number : 211922000 Callsign : DRAF Pennant number : F224^[source]	—

Status	Active^[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]	Asr 3D PESA long-range radar^[source]

Electronic warfare & decoys	TKWA/MASS (Multi Ammunition Softkill System) ECM^[source]	2 × 8 tube chaff launcher^[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]	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]