EW shortcuts (the shortcuts behind the radar names)
Destroyers (3) "Luetjens-class":
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replaced by the new F124 frigate class (about year 2000)
- homeport: Kiel
- tonnage: 4,720 t
- power: 51,500 kw (70,000 HP)
- speed: more than 30 knots
- crew: 327
- ESM/ECM: Fl 1800 SII
- weapons
- 2 x 20 mm
- 2 x guns 127 mm
- Harpoon-missile (SSM)
- SM-1 (SAM)
- RAM (SAM)
- 6 x anti-sub torpedo tubes
- anti-sub missiles Asroc
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Frigates (4) "Brandenburg-class":
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plan(!) is: all ships ready until end of 1996
- homeport: Wilhelmshaven
- tonnage: 4,500 t
- power: 38,000 kw (51,600 HP)
- speed: 29 knots
- crew: 237 (18 for the helicopters)
- weapons
- 1 x gun 76 mm
- 4 x Exocet MM 38 missiles (SSM)
- 16 Sea Sparrow (SAM) (VLS)
- 2 x 21 RAM (SAM)
- 4 x anti-sub torpedo tubes
- 2 Sea Lynx helicopters
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Frigates (8) "Bremen-class":
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- homeport: Wilhelmshaven
- tonnage: 3,800 t
- power: 38,000 kw (51,600 HP)
- speed: more than 30 knots
- crew: 204 (18 for the helicopters)
- radars: DA-08 (EW), WM-25 (TT/NAV), SRM20A (NAV)
- ESM/ECM: Fl 1800 SI soon to be replaced by the much better Fl 1800 SII
- weapons
- 1 x gun 76 mm
- 8 x Harpoon missiles (SSM)
- 8 x Sea Sparrow (+ 8 for reloading)
- 2 x 21 RAM (SAM)
- 4 x anti-sub torpedo tubes
- 2 Sea Lynx helicopters
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Fast Patrolboat (10) "Albatros-class": see details
at the end of this page
Fast Patrolboat (16)"Tiger-class":
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oldest Patroalboats, build in the 70's in France
- homeport:
- 8 ships + 1 supply ship Elbe class (3rd Squadron) in Flensburg
- 8 ships + 1 supply ship Elbe class (5th Squadron) in Olpenitz
- tonnage: 265 t
- lenght: 50 m
- power: 8,800 kw (12,000 HP)
- speed: more than 35 knots
- crew: 30
- weapons
- 1 x gun 76 mm
- 1 x gun 40 mm
- 4 x Exocet MM 38 missiles (SSM)
- Minelaying capability
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Fast Patrolboat (10)"Gepard-class":
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newest Patroalboats (build in the 80's), wooden hull (anti magnetic :)
- homeport: 7th Squadron in Warnemünde
- tonnage: 390 t
- lenght: 57.5 m
- power: 11,700 kw (16,000 HP)
- speed: 40 knots
- crew: 35
- weapons
- 1 x gun 76 mm
- 4 x Exocet MM 38 missiles (SSM)
- 21 RAM (SAM)
- Minelaying capability
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Fast Minesweeper "Hameln-class":
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- tonnage: 620 t
- power: 3,380 kw (4,597 HP)
- speed: more than 17 knots
- crew: 37
- weapons
- 2 x guns 40 mm
- Minelaying and Minesweeping capability
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Minesweeping system "Troika":
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1 main ship and 3 smaller boats ("Hohlstabfernraeumgeraete")
- main ship:
- tonnage: 475 t
- power: 2,940 kw (4,000 HP)
- speed: more than 15 knots
- crew: 43
- weapons
- 1 x gun 40 mm
- Minesweeping capability
- smaller boats:
- tonnage: 98 t
- length: 25 m
- wide: 4.5 m
- crew: 3, none during minesweeping (operate by remote control)
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Minesweeper (inland waters) "Frauenlob-class":
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- tonnage: 252 t
- power: 1,470 kw (2,000 HP)
- speed: more than 12 knots
- crew: 25
- weapons
- 1 x gun 40 mm
- Minesweeping and Minelaying capability
- Depth charges
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Minehunter "Frankenthal-class":
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- homeport: Olpenitz (1st MSG)
- tonnage: 590 t
- power: 3,380 kw (4,597 HP)
- speed: more than 18 knots
- crew: 41
- weapons
- 1 x gun 40 mm
- Minehunting and Minesweeping capability
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Minehunter "Lindau-class":
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- tonnage: 465 t
- power: 2,940 kw (4,000 HP)
- speed: more than 15 knots
- crew: 43
- weapons
- 1 x gun 40 mm
- Minehunting and Minesweeping capability
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Submarines (18)"class 206":
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small boats for shallow waters
- homeport:
- 6 boats (part of 1st Squadron) in Kiel,
- 12 class 206A boats (3rd Squadron) in Eckernförde (more modern boats)
- tonnage: 500 t
- power: diesel/electric
- speed: more than 15 knots
- crew: 22
- weapons
- 8 torpedo tubes
- Minelaying capability
Submarines (2)"class 205":
- homeport: 2 boats (part of 1st Squadron) in Kiel
- tonnage: 450 t
- power: diesel/electric
- speed: more than 15 knots
- crew: 22
- weapons
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Submarines"class 212":
in planning, looks like they'll be great subs
more informations at a special page
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Supply ships (Versorger) "Lueneburg-class":
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- tonnage: 3,710 t
- power: 4,100 kw (5,600 HP)
- speed: about 15 knots
- crew: 72
- weapons
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Supply ships (Tender) "Elbe-class":
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- tonnage: 3,450 t
- power: 2,452 kw (3,334 HP)
- speed: 15 knots
- crew: 40
- max 24 containers
- weapons
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Training sailing ship "Gorch Fock":
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- tonnage: 1,180 t
- power: 650 kw (880 HP)
- speed: about 10 knots
- crew: 73 + 200 trainees
- sails: 1,964 m*m
- weapons
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Navy Figther Bombers "Tornado":
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- airbase: Eggebek
- span: 13.9 m
- power: 134.0 kn (13,600 kp)
- speed: about 1.8 mach
- crew: 2
- weapons
- 1 x gun 27 mm
- Kormoran missile
- Sidewinder missile
- Harm
- Bombs
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Sea reconnaissance and Anti-Sub planes "Breguet
Atlantic": [imagesture:
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- airbase: 3rd Squadron "Graf Zeppelin" in Nordholz
- span: 36.3 m
- power: 8,000 kw (10,800 HP)
- speed: 315 knots (580 kmph)
- crew: 12
- weapons
- torpedos
- depth charges
- mines
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Pollution (Oil) Control plane "Do 228":
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- span: 16.97 m
- power: 2 x 570 kw (2 x 776 HP)
- speed: 200 knots (360 kmph)
- crew: 3
- equipment
- Lasersensor ("Laserfluorsensor")
- "Mikroradiometersensor"
- camera ("Tageslichtkamera")
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Helicopter "Sea Lynx Mk88":
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- airbase: Nordholz (they are only on board of a frigate on longer or more important tours)
- rotor diameter: 12.8 m
- power: 1,560 kw (2,120 HP)
- speed: 125 knots (230 kmph)
- crew: 3
- weapons
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Search And Rescue helicopter (22)"Sea King Mk41":
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- airbase: 5th Squadron in Kiel - Holtenau with some outposts
- rotor diameter: 18.9 m
- power: 2,200 kw (2,990 HP)
- speed: 130 knots (240 kmph)
- crew: 4
- weapons
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official data from German
Ministry of Defense (Bundesministerium der Verteidigung)
Infos about "Fast Patroal Boat class 143":
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This class was mainly built in the Luerssen - Werf, Bremen-Vegesack,
West-Germany. The first of this class was, well S61 Albatros, because of
this, the Class 143 is called "Albatros-class".
There are nine other boats in this class:
- S61 Albatros
- S62 Falke
- S63 Geier
- S64 Bussard
- S65 Sperber
- S66 Greif
- S67 Kondor
- S68 Seeadler
- S69 Habicht
- S70 Kormoran
All these boats are equally constructed.
Technical Datas:
- Length: 58.8 m
- Weight: 390 t
- Engines: 4 MTU Turbo-Diesel with 4000 horsepowers each
- Speed: 40 kn
- Range: ca. 600 nm
Weaponary:
- 4 MM38 Exocet missiles
- 2 wired-controlled torpedos
- 2 OTO-Melara 76.6 mm guns
- and for SOFT-KILL measures the OCTOPUS (which is an ESM/ECM - Console)
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data from Simon member of the crew
of S61 Albatros between january 1995 and octobre 1995. "I enjoyed it."
EW shortcuts:
the shortcuts I use are not the official shortcuts (NEDB, Nato Emitter Data Base)!
- EW - early warning (long range radars)
- NAV - navigational radar
- TT - target tracking ...