German frigate Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

1. German frigate Mecklenburg-Vorpommern · Wikipedia revision 1333893169 ↗

   Name

   Infobox · Name

   Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

   Namesake

   Infobox · Namesake

   Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

   Builder

   Infobox · Builder

   Bremer Vulkan , Bremen-Vegesack

   Laid down

   Infobox · Laid down

   23 November 1993

   Launched

   Infobox · Launched

   23 February 1995

   Commissioned

   Infobox · Commissioned

   6 December 1996

   Identification

   Infobox · Identification

   Pennant number : F218 MMSI number : 211210190 Call sign : DRAK

   Status

   Infobox · Status

   Active

   Class & type

   Infobox · Class & type

   Brandenburg -class frigate

   Displacement

   Infobox · Displacement

   3,600 tons (4,490t full load)

   Length

   Infobox · Length

   138.85 metres (455.5 ft)

   Beam

   Infobox · Beam

   16.7 metres (55 ft)

   Draught

   Infobox · Draught

   4.35 metres (14.3 ft) (6.3 metres (21 ft) over sonar)

   Propulsion

   Infobox · Propulsion

   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

   Speed

   Infobox · Speed

   >29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph)

   Range

   Infobox · Range

   4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km; 4,600 mi)at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)

   Complement

   Infobox · Complement

   26 officers, 193 enlisted

   Sensors & processing systems

   Infobox · 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)

   Electronic warfare & decoys

   Infobox · 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)

   Armament

   Infobox · 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

   Aircraft carried

   Infobox · Aircraft carried

   Two Sea Lynx helicopters equipped with ASW torpedoes , or air-to-surface missiles Sea Skua , and a heavy machine gun.

   Used by

   Lead · explicit current service

   Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (F218) is a Brandenburg -class frigate of the German Navy .

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   Country of origin

   List of active German Navy ships · Origin column 3 · german-frigate-mecklenburg-vorpommern

   Brandenburg class Type F123 4 Germany General-purpose frigate Blohm + Voss HDW Nordseewerke Bremer Vulkan Brandenburg F215 1994 4,900 tonnes Forms 2 Frigate Squadron of Einsatzflottille 2 . Schleswig-Holstein F216 1994 Bayern F217 1995 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern F218 1996

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