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Braunschweig 2008  

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
Braunschweig	F260		Blohm & Voss, Hamburg	3.12.2004	19.4.2006	16.4.2008	in service (2019)
Magdeburg	F261		Lürssen, Vegesack	19.5.2005	6.9.2006	22.9.2008	in service (2019)
Erfurt	F262		Nordseewerke, Emden	22.9.2005	29.3.2007	28.2.2013	in service (2019)
Oldenburg	F263		Blohm & Voss, Hamburg	19.1.2006	28.6.2007	21.1.2013	in service (2019)
Ludwigshafen am Rhein	F264		Lürssen, Vegesack	16.10.2006	26.9.2007	21.3.2013	in service (2019)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	1480
Displacement full, t	1840
Length, m	82.8 pp 89.1 oa
Breadth, m	12.4 wl 13.3 oa
Draught, m	3.40
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 MTU 20V1163 TB93 diesels
Power, h. p.	20130
Max speed, kts	26
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	2500(15)
Armament	F260, 261: 2 x 21 RAM SAM (42 RIM-116 Block 1A), 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO Melara Compact, 2 x 1 - 27/64 MLG-27, helicopter deck (2 S-100 UAV) F262-264: 2 x 2 RBS-15 Mk 3 SSM (4 RBS-15 Mk 3), 2 x 21 RAM SAM (42 RIM-116 Block 1A), 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO Melara Compact, 2 x 1 - 27/64 MLG-27, helicopter deck (2 S-100 UAV)
Electronic equipment	2x Pathfinder/ST Mk 2, TRS-3D 16 radars, 2x Mirador e/o systems, KJS-N-5000, SPS-N-5000, Maigret ECM suites, 2x MASS decoy RL, CWCS CCS
Complement	65

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Project history

Type 130. Up to 15 guided-missile-carrying corvettes named for German cities were originally planned to replace the Types 143,143A, and 148 missile boats. The program was cut to 5 in 2000. The team of Blohm + Voss, Friedrich Lürssen Werft and Nordseewerke (NSWE) (with EADS Deutschland and Thales as systems integrators) was selected in 2000, but the building contract was not signed until December 2001. The design is based closely on Blohm + Voss's MEKO A100 design, but the MEKO modular weapons and sensor installation system was not employed. Gearing problems caused three-year commissioning delays for F 262, F 263 and F 264; F 260 and F 261 were deactivated between 2008 and 2011 to correct the problem.

The propulsion system employs two diesel engines with a waterline exhaust system to reduce IR signature. The hull and superstructure are configured to reduce the radar cross-section to less than that of a Type 143 PTG. The class was designed to maintain 15kts in Sea State 5 and Beaufort Force 12 wind and to maintain 20kts on one engine. The flight deck aft measures 24m long by 12.6m wide and can accommodate a 12t helicopter, hangar accommodates two S-100 drones. The 76mm guns were recycled from stricken PTGs.

Modernizations

2011, Braunschweig, Magdeburg: + 2 x 2 RBS-15 Mk 3 SSM (4 RBS-15 Mk 3)

Naval service

No significant events.