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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders | |
| Operators |  German Navy |
| Preceded by | Köln class |
| Succeeded by | |
| Built | 1979–1990 |
| In commission | 1982–2022 |
| Completed | 8 |
| Retired | 8 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Frigate |
| Displacement | 3,680 tonnes (3,620 long tons) |
| Length | 130.50 m (428 ft 2 in) |
| Beam | 14.60 m (47 ft 11 in) |
| Draft | 6.30 m (20 ft 8 in) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | 2 ×propeller shafts,controllable pitch, five-bladedSulzer-Escherpropellers, later replaced with seven-bladed ones from Wegemann & Co. ("Bremen" only) |
| Speed | 30knots (56 km/h) |
| Range | more than 4,000 nmi (7,400 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h) |
| Complement | 202 crew plus 20 aviation |
| Sensors and processing systems |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | |
| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | Place for 2Sea Lynx Mk.88Ahelicopters equipped with torpedoes, air-to-surface missilesSea Skua, and/or heavy machine gun. |
The eightF122Bremen-class frigates of theGerman Navy was a series offrigatescommissioned between 1982 and 1990. The design was based on the proven and robustDutchKortenaer class but used a different propulsion system andhangar lay-out. The ships were built foranti-submarine warfare as a primary task although they were not fitted withtowed array sonars. They were also equipped foranti-surface warfare, while havinganti-aircraft warfare point defences.
This class of ship was one of the last to be constructed under post-war displacement limitations imposed by theWEU onWest Germany.
All eightBremen-class frigates were replaced by theF125-class frigate. Prior to that theBremen class served as the backbone of the German Navy.[1]
During theCold War period, the ships' main war task was to escortconvoys for reinforcement and resupply of allied forces in Europe in the Northern Atlantic. They frequently took part inNATO Standing Naval Forces. Since 1990, all ships have served in additional supporting missions such as theembargo operations against formerYugoslavia in theAdriatic Sea orOperation Enduring Freedom against the internationalterrorism.
During their lifetime, the ships' equipment has frequently been modernized and proven to be reliable platforms.
Karlsruhe successfully assisted anEgyptian freighter repel pirates on 25 December 2008 in theGulf of Aden.
In 2012Rheinland-Pfalz was reportedly used to gather intelligence onSyrian troop movements to be passed to theFree Syrian Army assist in their attacks on theSyrian Army.[2]
In December 2015Augsburg joined the French aircraft carrierCharles de Gaulle in the south-easternMediterranean Sea to go to theArabian Sea as part of the intervention againstISIS in theSyrian Civil War.[3][4]
| Pennant | Name | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F207 | Bremen | Bremer Vulkan,Bremen | 9 July 1979 | 27 September 1979 | 7 May 1982 | 28 March 2014 | Scrapped, 2021 |
| F208 | Niedersachsen | AG Weser, Bremen | 9 November 1979 | 9 June 1980 | 15 October 1982 | 26 June 2015[5] | Scrapped, 2021-22 |
| F209 | Rheinland-Pfalz | Blohm + Voss,Hamburg | 25 September 1979 | 3 September 1980 | 9 May 1983 | 22 March 2013[6] | Scrapped, 2017 |
| F210 | Emden | Nordseewerke,Emden | 23 June 1979 | 17 December 1980 | 7 October 1983 | 29 November 2013 | Laid up in Wilhelmshaven |
| F211 | Köln | Blohm + Voss, Hamburg | 16 June 1980 | 29 May 1981 | 19 October 1984 | 31 July 2012[7] | Scrapped, 2016-17 |
| F212 | Karlsruhe | Howaldtswerke,Kiel | 10 March 1981 | 8 January 1982 | 19 April 1984 | 16 June 2017 | Laid up in Wilhelmshaven, to be sunk as target |
| F213 | Augsburg | Bremer Vulkan, Bremen | 4 April 1987 | 17 September 1987 | 3 October 1989 | 30 June 2019 | Laid up in Wilhelmshaven |
| F214 | Lübeck | Nordseewerke, Emden | 1 June 1987 | 15 October 1987 | 19 March 1990 | 15 December 2022[8] | Laid up in Wilhelmshaven |
All ships were based inWilhelmshaven. Together they formed the4. Fregattengeschwader (4th Frigate Squadron) of the German Navy.
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