Schleswig-Holstein - F 216

 

Name	Schleswig-Holstein
Builder	Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Kiel
Laid down	1 July 1993
Launched	8 June 1994
Commissioned	24 November 1995
Identification	Pennant number: F216 MMSI number: 211210170 Call sign: DRAI
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class and type	Brandenburg-class frigate
Displacement	3,600 tons (4,490t full load)[1]
Length	138.85 metres (455.5 ft)[1]
Beam	16.7 metres (55 ft)[1]
Draught	4.35 metres (14.3 ft) (6.3 metres (21 ft) over sonar)[1]
Propulsion	CODOG (combined diesel or gas) two propeller shafts, controllable pitch propellers two MTU 20V 956 TB92 diesel-engines, 8.14 MW each two General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 38 MW total two Renk BGS 178 Lo gearboxes
Speed	>29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph)[1]
Range	4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km; 4,600 mi)at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)[1]
Complement	26 officers, 193 enlisted[1]
Sensors and processing systems	One Thales LW08 air search D band radar one Thales SMART-S air/surface surveillance F band radar two Thales STIR 180 fire-control radar two Raytheon Redpath I band navigation radar one STN Atlas DSQS-23BZ hull-mounted sonar one STN Atlas TASS 6-3 (LFTASS) towed array sonar (Bayern only)
Electronic warfare & decoys	1 EADS FL 1800S ECM suite two OTO-Melara SCLAR launcher four TKWA/MASS (Multi Ammunition Softkill System) decoy launcher (currently under procurement)
Armament	Naval guns: One OTO-Melara 76 mm/62Mk-75 multi-purpose naval gun Two Mauser BK-27 27 mm rapid-fire cannons Antiaircraft warfare: One Mk 41 Mod 3 vertical launch system for 16 Sea Sparrow antiaircraft missiles (ESSM planned) CIWS: Two x Mk 49 launcher for 21 x Rolling Airframe Missiles Antiship missiles: Four x MM38 Exocet antiship missiles (To be replaced by 8 Harpoon missiles) Antisubmarine warfare: Four 324 mm torpedo tubes, Mk 46 torpedoes
Aircraft carried	Two Sea Lynx helicopters equipped with ASW torpedoes, or air-to-surface missiles Sea Skua, and a heavy machine gun.