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Lübeck 1980

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Köln	F220		Stülcken, Hamburg	21.12.1957	6.12.1958	15.4.1961	stricken 12.1982
Emden	F221		Stülcken, Hamburg	15.4.1958	21.3.1959	24.10.1961	to Turkey 6.1983 (Gemlik)
Augsburg	F222		Stülcken, Hamburg	29.10.1958	15.8.1959	7.4.1962	stricken 3.1988
Karlsruhe	F223		Stülcken, Hamburg	15.12.1958	24.10.1959	15.12.1962	to Turkey 3.1983 (Gazi Osman Paşa)
Lübeck	F224		Stülcken, Hamburg	28.10.1959	23.7.1960	6.6.1963	to Turkey 12.1988
Braunschweig	F225		Stülcken, Hamburg	28.7.1960	3.2.1962	16.6.1964	to Turkey 7.1989 (later Gemlik)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	2090
Displacement full, t	2750
Length, m	105.0 wl 109.8 oa
Breadth, m	11.0
Draught, m	4.60
No of shafts	2
Machinery	CODAG: 4 MAN V84V24/30 diesels + 2 Brown Boveri TA8007 gas turbines
Power, h. p.	12000 + 26000 = 38000
Max speed, kts	32
Fuel, t	diesel oil 360
Endurance, nm(kts)	3450(12)
Armament	2 x 1 - 100/55 Mle 1953, 2 x 2 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors 106, 2 x 1 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors 107, 2 x 1 - 533 TT, 2 x 4 - 375 Bofors ASWRL, 2 DCR(12), 82 mines
Electronic equipment	DA-02, SGR-103, Kelvin Hughes 14/9, 2x M44, M45 radars, PAE/CWE sonar, ECM suite
Complement	238

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Project history

These Type 120 frigates were ordered in March 1957 having been designed in 1955-57 as 'Geleitboot 55' (Escort 55). They were the first German warships to receive CODAG propulsion. During numerous refits they received increased hull protection and stability, and updated electronics.

Modernizations

1960s, all: - 2 x 1 - 533 TT; + 4 x 1 - 533 TT (short)

1980s, all: + 2 decoy RL

Naval service

No significant events.