- Jul 1, 2018
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| Product Type | Frigate/Replenishment Vessel |
| Country | Germany |
| Product Name | F123 Brandenburg-class Frigate |
| Product Quantity | 2 |
| Unit Cost | 380,000,000.00 |
| Private / Encrypted? | Yes |
| Completion Date | Sun, 17 Mar 2024 |
| Total Cost | -912,000,000.00 |
| Product Information | Type Frigate Displacement 3,600 tons (4,490 t full load)[1] Length 138.85 m (455 ft 7 in)[1] Beam 16.7 m (54 ft 9 in)[1] Draught 4.35 m (14 ft 3 in) (6.3 m (20 ft 8 in) over sonar)[1] Propulsion CODOG (combined diesel or gas) two propeller shafts, controllable pitch propellers two MTU 20V 956 TB92 diesel-engines, 8.14 MW each two General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 38 MW total two Renk BGS 178 Lo gearboxes Speed >29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph)[1] Range 4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)[1] Complement 26 officers, 193 enlisted[1] Sensors and processing systems One Thales LW08 air search D band radar one Thales SMART-S air/surface surveillance F band radar two Thales STIR 180 fire-control radar two Raytheon Redpath I band navigation radar one STN Atlas DSQS-23BZ hull-mounted sonar one STN Atlas TASS 6-3 (LFTASS) towed array sonar (Bayern only) Electronic warfare & decoys 1 EADS FL 1800S ECM suite four TKWA/MASS (Multi Ammunition Softkill System) decoy dispenser (replaced two OTO-Melara SCLAR dispensers in 2009) Armament Naval guns: One OTO-Melara 76 mm/62 Mk 75 multi-purpose naval gun Two Mauser BK-27 27 mm rapid-fire cannons Anti-aircraft warfare: One Mk 41 Mod 3 vertical launch system for 16 Sea Sparrow antiaircraft missiles (ESSM planned) CIWS: Two Mk 49 launchers for 21 x Rolling Airframe Missiles Anti-ship missiles: Two quadruple launchers for 8 x Harpoon anti-ship missiles) (replaced two twin launchers for 4 x MM38 Exocet missiles) Anti-submarine warfare: Four 324 mm torpedo tubes, Mk 46 torpedoes Aircraft carried Two Sea Lynx helicopters equipped with ASW torpedoes, or air-to-surface missiles Sea Skua, and a heavy machine gun. |
