Karlsruhe

Photographed at Liverpool on 18 Sept 1987, part of a NATO Force.

F 212 KARLSRUHE

BUILDER: Howaldtswerke, Kiel

LAID DOWN: 10-MAR-81

LAUCHED: 8-JAN-82

IN SERVICE: 19-APRIL-84

Bremen class (Type 122A)

 

DISPLACEMENT: 2,950 tons (3,800 fl) S: 30 kts

DIMENSIONS: 130.00m (121.80 wl) long × 14.40m beam × 4.26m (6.00 sonar) draught

 

ARMAMENT:

8 RGM-84C Harpoon SSM;

1 8-round Mk 29 launcher for NATO Sea Sparrow SAM syst. (24 RIM-7M missiles); 2 21-round Mk 49 RAM SAM launchers (RIM-116A missiles);

1 76-mm 62-cal. OTOBreda DP;

2 single 20-mm 90-cal. Rheinmetall Rh-202 AA;

2 twin fixed 324-mm Mk 32 Mod. 9 ASW TT (Mk 46 Mod. 5 torpedoes);

2 Lynx Mk 88 helicopters

 

MACHINERY

CODOG: 2 G.E.-Fiat LM-2500 Gas Turbines (51,000 shp),

2 MTU 20V956 TB92 diesels (11,070 bhp);

2 5-bladed Escher-Wyss CP props

 

Done