Type 125 Baden-Württemberg class Frigate
Builder: Thyssen-Krupp Marine Systems & Lürssen Shipbuilding
Displacement: 7200 tons (full load)
Length: 149,52 meters (490 feet 7 inches)
Beam: 18,8 meters (61 ft 8 in)
Draft: 5 meters (16 ft 5 in)
Speed: 20 knots (37 km/h) on diesels only / 26 knots (48 km/h), max.
Range: 4000 NM (7400 km)
Complement: 120 standard crew + 70 embarked
Propulsion:
CODLAG (Combined Diesel-Electric and Gas)
1 x General Electric LM2500 Gas Turbine (20MW)
2 x Electric Motors (4,7 MW each)
4 x MTU 20V 4000 M53B Diesel Generators (2,9 MW each)
3 x Gearboxes (one for each shaft and one to crossconnect the gas turbine to them)
2 shafts, 2 controllable pitch propellers
1 x bow thruster (1 MW)
31600 kW (42964 hp) total power
Armament:
1 x OtoMelara/Leonardo 127/64LW (5"/ 127mm / 64-caliber) gun
with guided VULCANO ammunition
2 x Mk-141 missile launcher for
8 x RGM-84 Harpoon SSM (interim solution)
8 x RBS-15 SSM missiles (planned)
2 x MLG27 27mm machine gun systems
5 x OtoMelara/Leonardo Hitrole-NT 12,7mm remote controlled autocannons
2 x Mk-49 missile launching system for
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missiles (RAM)
Aviation:
flight deck & hangar for
2 x NH90 naval helicopters
Systems:
1 x Cassidian/Hensoldt TRS-4D Active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar
Raytheon/Anschütz Navigational Radar
Hensoldt MSSR 2000I & LTR 400 IFF system Mode 5/S
Rheinmetall Defence MSP 600-125 electro-optical tracker
Diehl Defence SIMONE (360° Ship Infrared Monitoring Observation and Navigation Equipment)
GEDIS RESM/CESM KORA-18 electronically intelligence
Link 11, Link 16 and Link 22 tactical datalink
Atlas Elektronik Cerberus Mod.2 MTDS (mobile diver detection sonar)
TKWA/MASS Multi Ammunition Softkill System
General characteristics:
Major design goals are reduced radar, infrared and acoustic signatures (stealth technology), something that was introduced to the German Navy with the Brandenburg-class frigate and was further developed with the Sachsen-class frigate and Braunschweig-class corvette.
Other important requirements are long maintenance periods: It should be possible to deploy Baden-Württemberg-class frigates for up to two years away from homeports with an average sea operation time of more than 5,000 hours per year (that's nearly 60%) which includes operation under tropical conditions. For this reason, a combined diesel-electric and gas arrangement has been chosen for the machinery. This allows the substitution of large and powerful diesel engines for propulsion and sets of smaller diesel generators for electric power generation with a pool of med-sized diesel generators, reducing the number of different engines.
To enhance survivability of the frigates, important systems are laid out in the two island principle, i.e. present at least twice at different places within the ship. This is also visible in the superstructures, which are split in two larger pyramidal deckhouses. The aerials of the Cassidian TRS-4D Active electronically scanned array radar will be distributed over the two pyramids. This will ensure that the ship remains operational in case of severe damage, such as accidents or enemy action. It will also allow the frigates to keep station if needed when something breaks down and no replacement is available.
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