Combat Support Ship FGS Berlin (A1411); Frigate
FGS
Hamburg (F220); Frigate FGS Rheinland-Pfalz (F209);
SAN Corvette SAS Amatola (F-145)
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Combat Support Ship Berlin (A1411)
| Commissioned | 11th April 2001 |
| Length | 174m [571ft] |
| Beam | 24m [79ft] |
| Draft | 7.6m [25ft] |
| Displacement | Approx. 18,637GT |
| Propulsion | 2 x 5.340kW diesel engines (> 14,500hp) |
| Speed | Approx. 20 knots (34 km/h) |
| Helicopters | 2 x Westland 'Sea King' Mk 41 |
| Crew | 11 officers, 46 non-commissioned officers, 92 non-rated personnel |
| Armament |
| 4 x Recoilless naval guns 4 x 12.7mm heavy machine guns (optional) |
Frigate FGS Hamburg (F220)
| Built by | HDW (Howaldswerke-Deutsch Werft) |
| Class | |
| Type | F124 |
| Commissioned | 13th December 2004 |
| Length | 143m [ft] |
| Beam | 17.4m [ft] |
| Draft | 5m |
| Displacement | 5.600 t |
| Propulsion | CODAG combined diesel and gas turbine 38.000kw [51.000hp] |
| Speed | 29 knots [53 km/h] |
| Helicopters | 2 x 'Sea Lynx' Mk.88A Shipboard Helicopters |
| Crew | 240 |
| Armament |
| 1 x Vertical Launch System (VLS Mk41)
32 round launcher for Sea Sparrow (ESSM) and standard Missile (SM2-IIIA) 8 x AGM-84 'Harpoon' air-to-surface anti-ship missiles 2 x 21-round Mk 31 launchers for anti-ship missile defense "RAM" (Rolling Airframe Missiles) I x 76 mm "OTO-Melara" gun mount 2 x 27 mm Rheinmetall canons 6 x torpedo MU90 |
| More Information : Saschen Class F124 |
Frigate Rheinland-Pfalz (F209)
| Built by | Blohm & Vos and Bremer Vulkan shipyards |
| Class | Bremen |
| Type | F122 |
| Commissioned | 9th May 1983 |
| Length | 128m [422.7ft] |
| Beam | 14.5m [47.8ft] |
| Draft | 6m [19.8ft] |
| Displacement | 3,800 t |
| Propulsion | 2 x 3.820 kW diesel engines [5.200 hp] 2 x 18.400 kW gas turbines [25.000 hp] |
| Speed | 30 knots |
| Helicopters | 2 x 'Sea Lynx' Shipboard Helicopters |
| Crew | 27 officers, 116 non-commissioned officers, 72 non-rated personnel |
| Armament |
| 8 x 'Harpoon' air-to-surface anti-ship
missiles I x 76 mm "OTO-Melara" gun mount I x octuple launcher for "NATO-Seasparrow" anti-aircraft missiles 2 x 21-round launchers for anti-ship missile defense "RAM" (Rolling Airframe Missiles) 4 x sextuple chaff launchers 2 x twin anti-submarine torpedo tubes |
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