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Lightpainting, Marktplatz Karlsruhe. This is my farewell gift to Karlsruhe, I am leaving next week to Aschaffenburg :.-(
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
Karlsruhe is served by both local and long distance trams. This is one of a group of 36 dual voltage trams built by Düwag from 1991 to 1995 (numbered 801 to 836) which can operate in the streets at 750 volt plus the DB mainlines drawing 15,000 volt from the overhead. Classified as GT8-100C/2S these 8-axle trams are powered by motor bogies in the lead and trailing positions while the two centre bogies are unpowered. These cars seat 97 (units 809 & 810 with toilet) or 100 passengers and have a top speed of 90 km/h, 56 mph. There are rated at 560 kW, 750 hp.
Toilet equipped GT8-100C/2S number 809 in a siding at Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof on Friday, April 23rd, 2004.
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