German frigate Sachsen-Anhalt
![]() Sachsen-Anhalt being towed on 16 October 2019. | |
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Name | Sachsen-Anhalt |
Namesake | Sachsen-Anhalt |
Port of registry | Hamburg, Germany |
Builder | Lürssen, Wolgast Blohm+Voss, Hamburg |
Laid down | 4 June 2014 |
Launched | 4 March 2016 |
Commissioned | 17 May 2021 |
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Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Baden-Württemberg-class frigate |
Displacement | 7,200 tonnes |
Length | 149.52 m (490 ft 7 in) |
Beam | 18.80 m (61 ft 8 in) |
Draught | 5 m (16 ft 5 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h) on diesel only, 26 kn (48 km/h) max. |
Range | 4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km) |
Boats & landing craft carried | |
Capacity | Space for two 6.1 m (20 ft 0 in) containers |
Complement | 190 (standard crew: 110) |
Sensors and processing systems | |
Electronic warfare & decoys | |
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Aircraft carried | 2 × NH-90 helicopters |
Sachsen-Anhalt (F224) is the third ship of the Baden-Württemberg-class frigates of the German Navy.
Background
[edit]Sachsen-Anhalt was designed and constructed by ARGE F125, a joint-venture of Thyssen-Krupp and Lürssen. She is part of the Baden-Württemberg class have the highest displacement of any class of frigate worldwide and are used to replace the Bremen class.[1][2]
Construction and career
[edit]Sachsen-Anhalt was laid down on 4 June 2014 and launched on 4 March 2016 at Hamburg, Germany. After considerable delay following her launch to repair defects identified during construction she was delivered to the Navy in March 2021.[3] She was commissioned on 17 May 2021.[4]
Gallery
[edit]- Sachsen-Anhalt gallery
- Sachsen-Anhalt on 9 August 2018.
- Sachsen-Anhalt on 30 June 2018.
References
[edit]- ^ "Making Do With Less".[permanent dead link]
- ^ "First of TKMS built F-125 class Frigate "Baden-Württemberg" Christened for the German Navy". December 12, 2013.
- ^ "TKMS livre la troisième frégate allemande du type F125". 31 March 2021.
- ^ Vavasseur, Xavier (2021-05-22). "German Navy Commissioned its Third F125-class Frigate". Naval News. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
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