Bremen-class frigate

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Karlsruhe on 21 August 2013
Class overview
Builders
OperatorsNaval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Preceded by Köln-class frigate
Succeeded by Brandenburg-class frigate, Baden-Württemberg-class frigate
Built1979–1990
In commission1982–2022
Completed8
Retired8
General characteristics
Type Frigate
Displacement3,680 tonnes (3,620 long tons)
Length130.50 m (428 ft 2 in)
Beam14.60 m (47 ft 11 in)
Draft6.30 m (20 ft 8 in)
Installed power
Propulsion2 × propeller shafts, controllable pitch, five-bladed Sulzer-Escher propellers, later replaced with seven-bladed ones from Wegemann & Co. ("Bremen" only)
Speed30 knots (56 km/h)
Rangemore than 4,000  nmi (7,400 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement202 crew plus 20 aviation
Sensors and
processing systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys
Armament
Aircraft carriedPlace for 2 Sea Lynx Mk.88A helicopters equipped with torpedoes, air-to-surface missiles Sea Skua, and/or heavy machine gun.

The eight F122 Bremen-class frigates of the German Navy was a series of frigates commissioned between 1982 and 1990. The design was based on the proven and robust Dutch Kortenaer class but used a different propulsion system and hangar lay-out. The ships were built for anti-submarine warfare as a primary task although they were not fitted with towed array sonars. They were also equipped for anti-surface warfare, while having anti-aircraft warfare point defences.

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This class of ship was one of the last to be constructed under post-war displacement limitations imposed by the WEU on West Germany.

All eight Bremen-class frigates were replaced by the F125-class frigate. Prior to that the Bremen class served as the backbone of the German Navy. [1]

Employment

During the Cold War period, the ships' main war task was to escort convoys for reinforcement and resupply of allied forces in Europe in the Northern Atlantic. They frequently took part in NATO Standing Naval Forces. Since 1990, all ships have served in additional supporting missions such as the embargo operations against former Yugoslavia in the Adriatic Sea or Operation Enduring Freedom against the international terrorism.

During their lifetime, the ships' equipment has frequently been modernized and proven to be reliable platforms.

Notable actions

Karlsruhe successfully assisted an Egyptian freighter repel pirates on 25 December 2008 in the Gulf of Aden.

In 2012 Rheinland-Pfalz was reportedly used to gather intelligence on Syrian troop movements to be passed to the Free Syrian Army assist in their attacks on the Syrian Army. [2]

In December 2015 Augsburg joined the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle in the south-eastern Mediterranean Sea to go to the Arabian Sea as part of the intervention against ISIS in the Syrian Civil War. [3] [4]

Ships

Pennant NameBuilderLaid downLaunchedCommissionedDecommissioned
F207 Bremen Bremer Vulkan, Bremen 9 July 197927 September 19797 May 198228 March 2014
F208 Niedersachsen AG Weser, Bremen9 November 19799 June 198015 October 198226 June 2015 [5]
F209 Rheinland-Pfalz Blohm + Voss, Hamburg 25 September 19793 September 19809 May 198322 March 2013 [6]
F210 Emden Nordseewerke, Emden 23 June 197917 December 19807 October 198329 November 2013
F211 Köln Blohm + Voss, Hamburg16 June 198029 May 198119 October 198431 July 2012 [7]
F212 Karlsruhe Howaldtswerke, Kiel 10 March 19818 January 198219 April 198416 June 2017
F213 Augsburg Bremer Vulkan, Bremen4 April 198717 September 19873 October 198930 June 2019
F214 Lübeck Nordseewerke, Emden1 June 198715 October 198719 March 199015 December 2022 [8]

All ships were based in Wilhelmshaven. Together they formed the 4. Fregattengeschwader (4th Frigate Squadron) of the German Navy.

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References

  1. ↑ Fiorenza, Nicholas (24 October 2011). "More Details Of German Cuts". Ares: A Defense Technology Blog. Aviation Week. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  2. ↑ "Syria rebels aided by Germany intel ship in fight against Assad forces, report says". Haaretz. Reuters. 19 August 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
  3. ↑ "Kampf gegen IS-Terror : Fregatte "Augsburg" steht schon unter französischem Kommando". Handelsblatt. 6 December 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  4. ↑ Deutsche Marine steht an Frankreichs Seite, Bundesministerium der Verteidigung, 3 December 2015, retrieved 6 December 2015
  5. ↑ marine.de
  6. ↑ "Kein Abschied für immer". 22 March 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  7. ↑ "Fregatte Köln: Ein letztes Kölsch zum Abschied". Express.de. 1 August 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
  8. ↑ "FGS Lubeck Decommissioned After 32 Years of Service" . Retrieved 31 January 2023.

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