Baden-Württemberg-class Frigate
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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[edit | edit source]
- 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[edit | edit source]
- BMS Baden-Württemberg (F223)
- BMS Nordrhein-Westfalen (F224)
- BMS Sachsen-Anhalt (F225)
- BMS Rheinland-Pfalz (F226)
