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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Baden-Württemberg	F222		TKMS, Hamburg	2.11.2011	28.3.2014	2019	outfitting (2019)
Nordrhein-Westfalen	F223		TKMS, Hamburg	24.10.2012	9.4.2015	2019	outfitting (2019)
Sachsen-Anhalt	F224		TKMS, Hamburg	10.6.2014	4.3.2016	2019	outfitting (2019)
Rheinland-Pfalz	F225		TKMS, Hamburg	29.1.2015	24.5.2017	2019	outfitting (2019)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	5600
Displacement full, t	7200
Length, m	140.9 wl 149.5 oa
Breadth, m	18.8
Draught, m	5.00
No of shafts	2
Machinery	CODLAG: 1 General Electric LM-2500 gas turbine + 4 MTU 20V4000 M53B diesel-generators. 2 Siemens electric motors
Power, h. p.	27200 + 12800 = 40000
Max speed, kts	26
Fuel, t	diesel / gas turbine oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	4000(18)
Armament	2 x 4 Harpoon SSM (8 RGM-84D), 2 x 21 RAM SAAM (42 RIM-116A), 1 x 1- 127/64 OTO Melara Compact LW, 2 x 1 - 27/64 MLG27, 7 x 1 - 12.7/90, 12 Seefuchs expendable minehunting USVs, 2 helicopters (NH-90)
Military load	4 fast 10.1m 40kts RIBs, 50 commandos, 2 20ft conatiners
Electronic equipment	TRS-4D/NR, 4x Raytheon navigation radars, 2x MSP600, SIMONE e/o sustems, Cerberus mod. 2 sonar, FL-1800S, CS-3600 ECM suites, laser detector, 4x MASS decoy RL, ANCS2000 CCS
Complement	140

Standard scale images

Project history

Intended to replace some units of the Type 122 (Bremen-class) multipurpose frigates beginning around 2016. Ordered in 2007 with work conducted as part of a joint venture between ThyssenKrupp and Lürssen Werft. Lürssen's share of the shipbuilding work is estimated to be 20% and includes bow construction, while ThyssenKrupp has overall leadership of the effort and is responsible for 80% of the construction effort, including assembly, fitting out, and trials. Originally eight ships of this class were to be built, but financial constraints in Germany reduced the program to four units. The ships are planned to have "autonomous internal zones" divided by flexible watertight blast- and fragmentation-resistant bulkheads. Current requirements indicate that the vessels are to remain operational more than 5000 hours per year with the capability to operate away from homeport up to two years at a time. The class is expected to employ a dual crewing team concept, similar to the system used aboard U.S. Navy submarines and littoral combat ships. Initial plans to carry a 155mm gun and multiple rocket launchers have been dropped in favor of the 127mm/ 64 gun, for which a long-range (100km) land attack guided munition known as Vulcano is under development. The ships will also carry minehunting ROVs.

Trials of lead ship gave discouraging results: Baden-Würtemberg had persistent 1.3° list to starboard, she was drastically overweight, had big top weight, had many problems with ship's control from operations room, her service cost dramatically raised and opportunities for further modernizations due to overweight have become ghostly. As a result, at first time in Bundesmarine history, after trials ships was returned to builder.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.