Frigate FGS Sachsen-Anhalt (F224)

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Classification

Type:

Basic information

Namesake:
Sachsen-Anhalt
Country of build:
Laid down:
Launched:
Commissioned (service):
Status:
MMSI number:
211922000

Ship measurements

Displacement:
7,200 t
Length:
149.52 m
Beam:
18.8 m
Draft:
5 m

Machine

Propulsion system:
Propulsion:
  • 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
Range:
4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km)

Personnel

Complement:
190

Combat assets

Cargo capacity:
  • Space for two 6.1 m (20 ft 0 in) containers
Boats & landing craft:
  • Submarine ROVs
  • 4 * 11 m (36 ft 1 in) RHIB, capable of more than 40 kn (74 km/h)
Electronics:
  • 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
  • TKWA/MASS (Multi Ammunition Softkill System)
  • ECM
Armament:
  • 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)
  • 2 * RAM Block II surface-to-air missile launcher/CIWS, 21 cells each
  • 8 * RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missiles (interim solution until joint sea/land attack missile RBS 15 MK4 becomes available)
  • Water cannons
Aircraft:
  • 2 * NH-90 helicopters

Sachsen-Anhalt (F224) is the third ship of the Baden-Württemberg-class frigates of the German Navy.

Sachsen-Anhalt 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.

Sachsen-Anhalt was laid down on 4 June 2014 and launched on 4 March 2016 at Hamburg, Germany. After considerable delay following her launch to repair defects identified during construction she was delivered to the Navy in March 2021. She was commissioned on 17 May 2021.

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