History | |
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Germany | |
Name | Braunschweig |
Namesake | Braunschweig |
Port of registry | Hamburg, Germany |
Ordered | December 2001 |
Builder | Blohm+Voss, Hamburg |
Cost | €240 million |
Laid down | 3 December 2004 |
Launched | 19 April 2006 |
Commissioned | 16 April 2008 |
Homeport | Wilhelmshaven, Germany |
Identification |
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Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Type | Braunschweig-class corvette |
Displacement | 1,840 tonnes (1,810 long tons) |
Length | 89.12 m (292 ft 5 in) |
Beam | 13.28 m (43 ft 7 in) |
Draft | 3.4 m (11 ft 2 in) |
Propulsion | 2 MTU 20V 1163 TB 93 diesel engines producing 14.8MW, driving two controllable-pitch propellers. |
Speed | 26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph) |
Range | 4,000 nmi (7,400 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) [1] |
Endurance | 7 days; 21 days with tender [2] |
Complement | 65 : 1 commander, 10 officers, 16 chief petty officers, 38 enlisted |
Sensors and processing systems | |
Electronic warfare & decoys |
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Armament |
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Aircraft carried | Helicopter pad and hangar for two Saab Skeldar |
Braunschweig(F260) is the lead ship of the Braunschweig-class corvette of the German Navy.
The K130 Braunschweig class (sometimes Korvette 130) is Germany's newest class of ocean-going corvettes. Five ships have replaced the Gepard-class fast attack craft of the German Navy.
They feature reduced radar and infrared signatures ("stealth" beyond the Sachsen-class frigates) and will be equipped with two helicopter UAVs for remote sensing. Recently, the German Navy ordered a first batch of two UMS Skeldar V-200 systems for the use on the Braunschweig-class corvettes. [4] The hangar is too small for standard helicopters, but the pad is large enough for Sea Kings, Lynx, or NH-90s, the helicopters of the German Navy.
The German Navy has ordered the RBS-15 Mk4 in advance, which will be a future development of the Mk3 with increased range —400 km (250 mi)— and a dual seeker for increased resistance to electronic countermeasures. [5] The RBS-15 Mk3 has the capability to engage land targets. [6]
In October 2016 it was announced that a second batch of five more frigates is to be procured from 2022–25. [7] The decision was in response to NATO requirements expecting Germany to provide a total of four corvettes at the highest readiness level for littoral operations by 2018, and with only five corvettes just two can be provided. [8]
Braunschweig was laid down on 3 December 2004 and launched on 19 April 2006 in Hamburg. She was commissioned on 16 April 2008. [9]
Braunschweig and KRI Bung Tomo conducted an exercise UNIFIL on 24 June 2017. [10] 19 August 2020, Braunschweig served as a platform for shipborne trials of 2 UMS Skeldar V-200 UAV. [11]
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The K130 Braunschweig class is Germany's newest class of ocean-going corvettes. Five ships have replaced the Gepard-class fast attack craft of the German Navy.
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