The eight F122 Bremen class frigates of the German Navy were commissioned between 1982 and 1990. The design is similar to the Dutch Kortenaer class but uses a different hull and propulsion system. The ships were built for anti-submarine warfare as a primary task even though they are not fitted with towed array sonars. They are also suited for anti-aircraft warfare and anti-surface warfare.
This class of ship was one of the last to be constructed under post-war displacement limitations imposed by the WEU on West Germany.
| General characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Displacement: | 3,680 tonnes |
| Length: | 130.50m |
| Beam: | 14.60m |
| Draft: | 6.30m |
| Propulsion: | CODOG (Combined diesel or gas) 2 MTU 20V956 TB92 diesel engines, 8.14 MW total 2 General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 38 MW total 2 Renk STG 150-50 gearboxes, 10:1 (diesel) and 720:47 (turbine) 2 propeller shafts, controllable pitch, five bladed Sulzer-Escher propellerss, later replaced with seven bladed ones from Wegemann & Co ("Bremen" only) 4 Deutz MWM diesel-generators, 750kW |
| Speed: | 30 knots |
| Range: | more than 4,000 nautical miles (7,000 km) at 18 knots |
| Complement: | 202 crew plus 20 aviation |
| Sensors and processing systems: | 1 EADS TRS-3D air search radar (three dimensional) 1 WM 25 combined surface search and fire control radar I/J band 1 Thales Nederland STIR 180 fire-control radar I/J/K band 1 Kelvin Hughes Nucleus 5000 I band navigation radar 1 STN Atlas DSQS-23BZ hull-mounted sonar |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: | ESM/ECM EADS FL 1800S 2 SCLAR decoys SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy |
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| Aircraft carried: | Place for 2 Sea Lynx Mk.88A helicopters equipped with torpedoes, air-to-surface missiles Sea Skua, and/or heavy machine gun. |
