German frigate Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg (F222) is the lead ship of the Baden-Württemberg-class frigates of the German Navy.

Baden-Württemberg at the deperming range in Wilhelmshaven.
History
Germany
Name:	Baden-Württemberg
Namesake:	Baden-Württemberg
Port of registry:	Hamburg, Germany
Builder:	Lürssen, Wolgast Blohm+Voss, Hamburg
Laid down:	2 November 2011
Launched:	12 December 2013
Commissioned:	17 June 2019
Identification:	MMSI number: 211920000 Callsign: DRAD Pennant number: F222
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

Background

Baden-Württemberg 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.[1][2]

Construction and career

Baden-Württemberg was laid down on 2 November 2011 and launched on 12 December 2013 in Hamburg, Germany. She was commissioned on 17 June 2019.[3][4]

On 17 April 2020, Baden-Württemberg completed her extreme weather test in the South Atlantic after she left Brazil on 7 February to test hot weather near the Equator.[5]

Gallery

• Baden-Württemberg gallery
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  Baden-Württemberg under construction in Hamburg on 11 December 2013.
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  Unfinished Baden-Württemberg being towed on 10 November 2015.
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  Unfinished Baden-Württemberg being towed on 10 November 2015.
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  Unfinished Baden-Württemberg being towed on 10 November 2015.
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  Baden-Württemberg underway in Hamburg on 29 April 2019.

References

1. "Making Do With Less".
2. "First of TKMS built F-125 class Frigate "Baden-Württemberg" Christened for the German Navy". December 12, 2013.
3. "Marine". www.bundeswehr.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-09-17.
4. www.thyssenkrupp-marinesystems.com https://www.thyssenkrupp-marinesystems.com/en/press-releases/d/uid-411e96cd-60b4-774b-a7cb-c1c270a5a489.html. Retrieved 2020-09-17. Missing or empty |title= (help)
5. "German Navy's Baden-Württemberg frigate completes extreme weather tests in South Atlantic". Naval News. 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2020-09-17.

External links

• Seaforces.org