German frigate Schleswig-Holstein vs Moudge-class frigate

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German frigate Schleswig-Holstein — licensed reference photograph

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German frigate Schleswig-Holstein

Credit

Torsten Bätge · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

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Moudge-class 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 Schleswig-HolsteinLength

138.85 m

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Moudge-class frigateLength

95 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

German frigate Schleswig-Holsteinlarger figure on 3 of 3

Length+46%
Beam+50%
Draught+34%

Moudge-class frigatelarger figure on 0 of 3

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

Measured figures

Head to head

12 of 35 rows sourced on both sides

139m

95m

Length+46%

All recorded figures & sources

138.85 m

Length

Single source

138.85 metres (455.5 ft)^[source]

95 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

German frigate Schleswig-Holstein and Moudge-class frigate configuration
Specification	German frigate Schleswig-Holstein	Moudge-class frigate
Power	CODOG (combined diesel or gas) two propeller shafts , controllable pitch propellers two MTU 20V 956 TB92 diesel-engines , 8.14 MW each two General Electric LM2500 gas turbines , 38 MW total two Renk BGS 178 Lo gearboxes^[source]	2 × 10,000 hp (7,500 kW) engines 4 × 740 hp (550 kW) diesel generators^[source]
Name	Schleswig-Holstein^[source]	Moudge^[source]
Namesake	Schleswig-Holstein^[source]	—
Builder	Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft , Kiel^[source]	—

Laid down	1 July 1993^[source]	—

Launched	8 June 1994^[source]	—

Commissioned	24 November 1995^[source]	—

Identification	Pennant number : F216 MMSI number : 211210170 Call sign : DRAI^[source]	—

Status	Active^[source]	—

Class & type	Brandenburg -class frigate^[source]	—

Sensors & processing systems	One Thales LW08 air search D band radar one Thales SMART-S air/surface surveillance F band radar two Thales STIR 180 fire-control radar two Raytheon Redpath I band navigation radar one STN Atlas DSQS-23BZ hull-mounted sonar one STN Atlas TASS 6-3 (LFTASS) towed array sonar ( Bayern only)^[source]	Asr 3D PESA long-range radar^[source]

Electronic warfare & decoys	1 EADS FL 1800S ECM suite two OTO-Melara SCLAR launcher four TKWA/MASS (Multi Ammunition Softkill System) decoy launcher (currently under procurement)^[source]	2 × 8 tube chaff launcher^[source]

Armament	Naval guns: One OTO-Melara 76 mm /62Mk-75 multi-purpose naval gun Two Mauser BK-27 27 mm rapid-fire cannons Antiaircraft warfare : One Mk 41 Mod 3 vertical launch system for 16 Sea Sparrow antiaircraft missiles ( ESSM planned) CIWS: Two x Mk 49 launcher for 21 x Rolling Airframe Missiles Anti-ship missiles : Four x MM38 Exocet anti-ship missiles (To be replaced by 8 Harpoon missiles ) Antisubmarine warfare : Four 324 mm torpedo tubes , Mk 46 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]

Aircraft carried	Two Sea Lynx helicopters equipped with ASW torpedoes , or air-to-surface missiles Sea Skua , and a heavy machine gun.^[source]	1 × Bell 214 ASW helicopter^[source]

Country of origin	Germany^[source]German frigate Schleswig-Holstein · literal inventory Origin field assigned to the exact named-ship row covered by the explicit shared Origin cell; no operator, manufacturer location or parent/sibling specification inference	—