F-218 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Country:  Germany

Class, [Type]: Type 123, [FF].

Builder: Bremer Vulkan, Germany.

Launch date: 23 February 1995.

Commission date: 01 December 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: DRAK ()

Homeport: Wilhemshaven.

Unit: 2nd Frigate Squadron.

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 F215 Brandenburg
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