Karlsruhe
Ex German Navy frigate Karlsruhe, laid up at Kiel Naval Arsenal in Kiel, Germany.
Karlsruhe is one of eight Bremen class frigates built for the (West) German Navy in the 1980s. In the context of the Cold War, these ships were primarily designed for anti-submarine warfare and convoy escorts. However, after 1990, the frigates would be used in quite a different role, being frequently deployed in NATO, EU and UN operations in the Mediterrenean and the Red Sea. Karlsruhe was decomissioned in 2017 and is now laid up at Kiel, awaiting her fate to be sunk as a target.
Karlsruhe [F 212] (1982)
Class: Bremen-class/F122
Builder: Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Kiel
Propulsion: CODOG (8.14 MW MTU diesel engines+ GE LM2500 gas turbines)
Displacement: 3680 t
Length: 130.5 m
Beam: 14.6 m
Draught: 6.3 m
Complement: 58
Armament: 1x 76 mm gun, 2x 27 mm MLG27 autocannon, RAM CIWS, 8x Harpoon anti-ship missiles, RAM CIWS, Sea Sparrow SAM system, 2x2 324 mm torpedo launchers
Karlsruhe
Ex German Navy frigate Karlsruhe, laid up at Kiel Naval Arsenal in Kiel, Germany.
Karlsruhe is one of eight Bremen class frigates built for the (West) German Navy in the 1980s. In the context of the Cold War, these ships were primarily designed for anti-submarine warfare and convoy escorts. However, after 1990, the frigates would be used in quite a different role, being frequently deployed in NATO, EU and UN operations in the Mediterrenean and the Red Sea. Karlsruhe was decomissioned in 2017 and is now laid up at Kiel, awaiting her fate to be sunk as a target.
Karlsruhe [F 212] (1982)
Class: Bremen-class/F122
Builder: Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Kiel
Propulsion: CODOG (8.14 MW MTU diesel engines+ GE LM2500 gas turbines)
Displacement: 3680 t
Length: 130.5 m
Beam: 14.6 m
Draught: 6.3 m
Complement: 58
Armament: 1x 76 mm gun, 2x 27 mm MLG27 autocannon, RAM CIWS, 8x Harpoon anti-ship missiles, RAM CIWS, Sea Sparrow SAM system, 2x2 324 mm torpedo launchers