Frankenthal-class minehunter

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M1064 Gromitz 1.jpg
Grömitz, already equipped with the MLG 27
Class overview
Builders
Operators
Preceded by Hameln-class minesweeper
Subclasses
In commission1992–present
Planned12
Completed12
Active10
Retired2
General characteristics
Type Minehunter
Displacement650 t (640 long tons)
Length54.4 m (178 ft 6 in)
Beam9.2 m (30 ft 2 in)
Draft2.6 m (8 ft 6 in)
Propulsion
Speed18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement41
Sensors and
processing systems
  • 1 × hull mounted DSQS-11A mine hunting sonar
  • DRBN 32 navigation radar
Electronic warfare
& decoys
Armament
Notes
  • mine diver equipment, decompression chamber
  • crane

The Type 332 Frankenthal-class minehunter is a class of German minehunters. The ships are built of non-magnetic steel. Hull, machinery and superstructure of this class is similar to the original Type 343 Hameln-class minesweeper, but the equipment differs. The class forms the 3 Minesweeper Squadron of German Navy. These function as Mine countermeasures vessels. Two of these vessels contribute to the two Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Groups SNMCG 1 and SNMCG 2. [1]

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Slightly modified Frankenthal-class minehunters are also operated by the Turkish Navy, where they are referred to as the A class. In the beginning of 2019, the Indonesian Navy ordered two minehunters based on a modified Frankenthal class, referred to as Pulau Fani class, with a length of 62 metres (203 ft 5 in). [2]

List of ships

All active German ships are currently stationed in Kiel at the Baltic Sea. Fulda, Weilheim, Sulzbach-Rosenberg, Dillingen, and Homburg are part of the 3. Minensuchgeschwader (3. mine sweeper squadron). The others belong to 5. Minensuchgeschwader. Weiden was sold to United Arab Emirates in 2006. As the German Navy closed the naval base at Olpenitz, all ships were relocated to Kiel and their squadrons incorporated into the Einsatzflottille 1 (Flotilla 1). [3]

Pennant
number 		Name Call
sign 		ShipyardCommissionedDecommissioned
M1066FrankenthalDREY Lürssen 16 December 1992Sold to UAE (now M02 Al Murjan)
M1060WeidenDRES Abeking & Rasmussen 3 March 1993Sold to UAE (now M01 Al Hasbah)
M1061RottweilDRET Krögerwerft 7 July 1993Refitted to be used with the SEK-M
M1063Bad BevensenDREVLürssen9 December 1993
M1067Bad RappenauDREZAbeking & Rasmussen19 April 1994Refitted to be used with the SEK-M
M1064GrömitzDREWKrögerwerft23 August 1994
M1068 Datteln DRFALürssen8 December 1994
M1065DillingenDREXAbeking & Rasmussen25 April 1995
M1069HomburgDRFBKrögerwerft26 September 1995
M1062Sulzbach-RosenbergDREULürssen23 January 1996
M1058FuldaDRFC5 June 1998
M1059WeilheimDRFD26 November 1998

Incidents

On 21 February 2007, Grömitz ran onto a reef in the Floro fjord while on tour in western Norway and remained stranded in a spectacular way until being salvaged. [4]

In October 2018, the Iranian-backed Yemeni rebel group Ansar Allah released a video which included images that confirmed it sank one of the UAE Navy's Frankenthal class mine-countermeasures vessels in July 2017 in Al-Mukha. The video identified the vessel as Al-Qasnah and said it was attacked on 29 July 2017, which corresponds to a claim it made at the time that it had attacked an Emirati warship with a "suitable weapon". [5]

References

  1. ↑ "3 Minesweeper Squadron". www.bundeswehr.de. Retrieved 2024-08-11.
  2. ↑ "Contract signed for two mine counter measure vessels". Abeking & Rasmussen. 5 February 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  3. ↑ "Minenjagdboot FRANKENTHAL-Klasse". Deutsche Marine. Retrieved 4 August 2008.
  4. ↑ "Image".
  5. ↑ "Houthi Rebels In Yemen Attacked Another UAE Ship and That's All We Know For Certain". Archived from the original on 2022-05-04. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
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