Baden-Württemberg-class Frigate

The Type 125 Baden-Württemberg-class of frigates, currently in development for the German Navy by ARGE F125, a joint-venture of Thyssen-Krupp and Lürssen. F125 is officially classified as frigates but in size and role they could be classified as destroyers, since, with a displacement of more than 7,200 tons, they will be the biggest class of frigates worldwide. They are to replace the Bremen-class frigates.

Specifications

 * Type: Guided Missile Frigate
 * Service Period: 2016-
 * Length: 490 feet 7 inches (149.53 meters)
 * Beam: 61 feet 8 inches (18.8 meters)
 * Draft: 16 feet 5 inches (5 meters)
 * Displacement: 7,940 tons (Full Load)
 * Capacity: Space for 20 foot (6.1 meters) containers x 2
 * Crew: 190
 * Propulsion: CODLAG
 * 1 x General Electric LM2500 gas turbine
 * 4 x MTU Friedrichshafen 20 V4000 M53B diesel engines
 * 2 x 4.7 MW electric motors
 * Range: 4,000 nautical miles (7,408 kilometers) at 20 knots (37.04 km/h)
 * Speed: 28 knots (51.86 km/h)
 * Sensor Suite:
 * Cassidian TRS-4D AESA Radar
 * Countermeasures:
 * Rheinmetall TKWA/MASS
 * Armament:
 * 1 x OTO-Melara 127mm/64-caliber naval gun
 * 8 x RBS.15 Mk.4 AShMs
 * 2 x 27mm MLG-27 autocannons
 * 6 x 12.7mm Hitrole-NT remote-controlled machine gun turrets
 * 2 x 12.7 mm heavy machine guns
 * 2 x Mk.49 CIWS Launchers (fires RIM-116 RAM Blk.2 SAMs)
 * Aircraft Carried: 2 x NHIndustries NH90 Sea Lion maritime helicopters
 * Boats/Landing Craft Carried: Submarine ROVs, 4 x 11 m (36 ft 1 in) dinghies, capable of more than 40 knots (74.08 km/h)

Unit Run

 * BMS Baden-Württemberg (F223)
 * BMS Nordrhein-Westfalen (F224)
 * BMS Sachsen-Anhalt (F225)
 * BMS Rheinland-Pfalz (F226)