F-264 Ludwigshafen am Rhein

Country:  Germany

Class, [Type]: Braunschweig, [FF].

Builder: Lürssen Werft, Bremen, Germany.

Launch date: 26 September 2007.

Commission date: 21 March 2013.

Displacement ( tons ): 1.840.

Dimensions ( metres ): 89,12 x 13,28 x 3,4

Main machinery: 2 x MTU 20V 1163 TB 93 diesels ( 14.800 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 26.

Range ( miles ): 4.000 at 15 knots.

Complement: 65 ( 11 officers ).

Guns: 1 x 76mm/62 OTO Melara Compact, 2 x 27mm Mauser BK-27.

Missiles:  SSM: 4 x Saab Bofors RBS-15 Mk 3 ( two launchers ), 2 x Mk 49 RAM launchers ( RIM-116 Block 1B missiles ).

Mines: can lay mines.

Radar: Air/Surface search: 1 x EADS TRS-3D; Navigation: 2 x Raytheon-STN Atlas Pathfinder/ST Mk 2 ARPA; Fire Control: 2 x Thales Mirador.

Countermeasures: Decoys: 2 × TKWA/MASS decoy launchers; ESM/ECM: EADS SPS-N 5000 ( interceptor ), EADS SPN / KJS 5000 ( jammer ).

Callsign: DRBE ()

Comment: the landing pad can accomodate most helicopters in the German navy inventory, but the hangar is designed to store a couple of drone surveillance helicopters.

Homeport: Warnemünde.

Similar units:

 F260 Braunschweig
 F261 Magdeburg