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Configuration
| Specification | Type 424 fleet service ship | Type 912 degaussing/deperming ship |
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| Builders | NVL Group[source] | — |
| Operators | German Navy[source] | — |
| Preceded by | Oste class[source] | — |
| Cost | € 3.3 billion (2023) (equivalent to € 3.4 billion in 2025) for 3 ships + training centre[source] | — |
| Planned | — | |
| Building | 3 |
sailors (ship operation) + 50 operators (electronic reconnaissance soldiers)
Single source50 sailors (ship operation) + 50 operators (electronic reconnaissance soldiers)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| Type | Signals intelligence gathering vessel[source] | Degaussing / deperming ship (ADG)[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | Antennas Rohde & Schwarz ADD-557 for geo-location of communications and radar emitters (20 MHz to 8 GHz)[source] | Navigation radar[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | ELINT : Rohde & Schwarz Kora ESM (waveband 2 GHz to 40 GHz) COMINT : Supplied by PLATH GmbH[source] | None[source] |
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| Country of origin | Germany[source]Inventory Origin column; table 4, row 20, cell 3; revision 1364801796; retrieved 2026-10-02 | — |
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| Status | — | Active[source] |
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| Propulsion | — | Marine Diesel[source] |
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| Armament | — | Unarmed[source] |
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| Armour | — | None[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | — | None[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | — | None[source] |
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