German frigate Sachsen-Anhalt

Baden-Württemberg-class Frigates

History
Sachsen-Anhalt being towed on 16 October 2019.
Germany
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
Identification	MMSI number: 211922000 Callsign: DRAF Pennant number: F224
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	CODLAG 1 × 20 MW gas turbine 2 × 4.7 MW electric motors 4 × 2.9 MW diesel generators 3 × gearboxes: one for each shaft and one to crossconnect the gas turbine to them 2 × shafts, driving controllable pitch propellers 1 × 1 MW bow thruster
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	Submarine ROVs 4 × 11 m (36 ft 1 in) RHIB, capable of more than 40 kn (74 km/h)
Capacity	Space for two 6.1 m (20 ft 0 in) containers
Complement	190 (standard crew: 110)
Sensors and processing systems	1 × Cassidian TRS-4D AESA radar 2(?) × navigation radars IFF diver and swimmer detection sonar (no anti-submarine sonar) Laser warning KORA-18 Combined RADAR and COMMS ESM from GEDIS Link 11, Link 16, Link 22 communications systems
Electronic warfare & decoys	TKWA/MASS (Multi Ammunition Softkill System) ECM
Armament	Naval guns: 1 × 127 mm lightweight Otobreda naval gun with guided VULCANO ammunition for land-attack missions (range: more than 100 km (62 mi)) 2 × 27 mm MLG 27 remote-controlled autocannons 5 × 12.7 mm Hitrole-NT remote-controlled machine gun turrets 2 × 12.7 mm heavy machine guns (manually controlled) Anti-air missiles: 2 × RAM Block II surface-to-air missile launcher/CIWS, 21 cells each Anti-ship missiles: 8 × RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missiles (interim solution until joint sea/land attack missile RBS 15 MK4 becomes available) Non-Lethal: Water cannons
Aircraft carried	2 × NH-90 helicopters

Sachsen-Anhalt (F224) is the third ship of the Baden-Württemberg-class frigates of the German Navy.

Background

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.

Construction and career

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. She was commissioned on 17 May 2021.

Gallery

Sachsen-Anhalt gallery
Sachsen-Anhalt on 9 August 2018.
Sachsen-Anhalt on 30 June 2018.

References

"Making Do With Less".
"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.

External links

Seaforces.org

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Baden-Württemberg Nordrhein-Westfalen Sachsen-Anhalt Rheinland-Pfalz
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