F-209 Rheinland-Pfalz

Country:  Germany

Class, [Type]: Type 122A, [FF].

Builder: Blohm + Voss / Bremer Vulcan, Germany.

Launch date: 03 September 1980.

Commission date: 09 May 1983.

Decommission date: 22 March 2013.

Displacement ( tons ): 2.950 standard, 3.600 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 130 x 14,5 x 6,5

Main machinery: CODOG: 2 x GE LM 2500 gas turbines ( 51.000 hp ), 2 x MTU 20V 956 TB92 diesels ( 11.070 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 30; 20 on diesels.

Range ( miles ): 4.000 at 18 knots.

Complement: 219 ( 18 for the embarked air unit ).

Guns: 1 x OTO Melara 76mm/62 Mk75, 2 x Rheinmetall Rh-202 20mm/90.

Missiles:  SSM: 8 x McDonnell Douglas Harpoon, in two cuadruple mountings; SAM: 16 x Raytheon Sea Sparrow, with an octuple Mk29 launcher. 2 x GDC RAM, 21 cells.

Torpedoes: 4 x 324mm Mk 32 Mod. 9 tubes, in two double mountings. 8 x Honeywell Mk 46 Mod 5.

Radar: Air/Surface: 1 x EADS TRS-3D/32 3-D; Navigation: 1 x SMA 3RM 20, I band; Fire Control: 1 x Thales WM-25 and 1 x Thales STIR-18, I band.

Sonar: Atlas Elektronic DSQS 21BX(BO), hull mounted, with active search and attack modes, low frequency.

Countermeasures: Decoys: 4 x Loral Hycor SRBOC; Towed torpedo decoy SLQ 25 Nixie; Prairie Masker ( hull/blades noise supressor ); ESM/ECM: EADS FL-1800S Stage II ( radar warning and jammer ).

Helicopter: 2 x Sea Lynx Mk 88 or 88A.

Callsign: DRAS ()

Homeport: Wilhemshaven.

Unit: 4th Frigate Squadron.

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