Country: Germany
Class, [Type]: Type 123, [FF].
Builder: Thyssen Nordseewerke, Emdem, Germany.
Launch date: 30 June 1994.
Commission date: 15 June 1996.
Displacement ( tons ): 3.600 standard, 4.490 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 138,9 x 16,7 x 4,4
Main machinery: CODOG: 2 x GE 7LM2500SA-ML gas turbines ( 51.000 hp ), 2 x MTU 20V 956 TB92 diesels ( 11.070 hp ).
Speed ( knots ): 29; 18 on diesels.
Range ( miles ): 4.000 at 18 knots.
Complement: 199 ( 19 for the embarked air unit ).
Guns: 1 x OTO Melara 76mm/62 Mk75, 2 x Rheinmetall Rh-202 20mm/90.
Missiles: SSM: 4 x Aerospatiale MM38 Exocet, in two double mountings; SAM: 16 x Raytheon Sea Sparrow, from Martin Marietta VLS Mk41 Mod 3 launchers. 2 x GDC RAM Mk49, 21 cells.
Torpedoes: 4 x 324mm Mk 32 Mod 9 tubes, in two double mountings. Honeywell Mk 46 torpedoes.
Radar: Air: Thales LW 08, D band; Air/Surface: Thales SMART,3D, F band; Navigation: 2 x Raytheon Raypath, I band; Fire Control: 2 x Thales STIR 180, I band.
Sonar: Atlas Elektronic DSQS 23BZ(ASO-90), hull mounted, medium frequency.
Countermeasures: Decoys: 2 x OTO Melara SCLAR; ESM/ECM: EADS FL 1800S Stage II ( radar warning and jammer ); EADS Maigret ( intercept ).
Helicopter: 2 x Sea Lynx Mk 88 or 88A.
Callsign: DRAJ ()
Homeport: Wilhemshaven.
Unit: 2nd Frigate Squadron.
Similar units:
F215 Brandenburg