German navy Class-124 Frigate in Kiel Canal passing Schwartenbek westbound assisted by tug Kitzeberg 2011/03/27

German Type 124 Frigate, launched 1999, comm. 2005

Buider: Blohm & Voss, Hamburg

Displacement: 5,960 tons full load

Dimensions: 143 x 17.2 x 7 meters meters (469 x 56 x 22.4 feet)

Propulsion: 2 shafts; 2 cruise diesels, 19,848 bhp, 1 LM2500 boost gas turbine,

32,500 shp,29knots

Crew: 225 + 14 flag

Aviation: helicopter deck and hangar for 2 Lynx helos

Radar: APAR 3-D multifunction

Sonar: DSQS-21B

EW: FL-1800S II intercept, chaff

Armament: 32 cell VLS (24 SM-2MR and 32 ESSM), 8 Harpoon SSM, 2 21-cell RAM

launchers,76 mm OTO P, 2 triple 12.75 inch torpedo tubes, 2 20 mm