Sea Weapons

Guided Missile Frigate (1982)

Bremen class

Bremen class

Preceded by:

Köln (1961)

Succeeded by:

Brandenburg (1994)

Datafile

ClassBremen
TypeGuided Missile Frigate
Year1982
Crew189
Dimensions
Length121.8 m (pp)
128 m
Beam14.6 m
Draught6 m
Displacement
Empty3,700 t
Loaded3,800 t
Performance
Speed56 km/h
Range7,408 km @ 33 km/h
Machinery
Shafts2
Turbines2 x Gas turbine
50,000 hp
General Electric
LM2500

2 x Diesel generator
10,400 hp
MTU
Fuel-
Armament
Main1 x 76-mm/62 (1 x 1)
76-mm Compact
-15° / +85°

Torpedo tubes2x2 x (12.75-in) [Mk. 32]
AA WeaponsRIM-7 (1 x 8)
RGM-84 (2 x 4)
Armor
ArmorNone
Sensors
Radar3RM-20
LW-08
HSA STIR
SonarSQS-21B(Z)
Production
Built8
Total8

Registry

Ship Code Builder Laid Launch Comm Decomm Fate
Bremen F207 Vulcan09/07/197927/09/197907/05/198228/03/2014Inactive
Niedersachsen F208 AG Weser09/11/198009/06/198015/10/198226/06/2015Inactive
Rheinland-Pfalz F209 Blohm & Voss25/09/197903/09/198009/05/198322/03/2013Inactive
Emden F210 Nordseewerke23/06/197917/12/198007/10/198329/11/2013Inactive
Köln F211 Blohm & Voss16/06/198029/05/198119/10/198431/07/2012Inactive
Karlsruhe F212 HDW10/03/198108/01/198219/04/198416/06/2017Inactive
Augsburg F213 Vulcan04/04/198717/09/198703/10/198930/06/2019Inactive
Lübeck F214 Nordseewerke01/06/198715/10/198719/03/199015/12/2022Inactive

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