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Inside Kiel Navy port Tirpitzhafen 2010/06/18
German Type 123 Brandenburg Class Frigate
*1996 Thyssen Nordseewerke, Emden
Comm.: 1996/06/15
Displacement of 4,900to fully loaded
L: 138.9m B: 16.70m D: 6.8m

Arriving Kieler Förde for Kiel Week visit 2010/06/18
Russian Ropucha I / Project 775 class landing ship
Stocznia Polnocna shipyards, in Gdansk
beachable, general-purpose LST-type design with bow and stern ramps for
unloading vehicles
Displacement: 2,200 t / 3,200-4,360t full load
L: 112.5m B: 14.9m D: 2.9m
2 diesel turbines; 2 props., 19’200 hp; 6’100 n.m/18 kts
98 crew + 225 marines + tracks + tanks
Cargo: 482 tons, approx 230 troops

Kiel Tirpizhafen 2010/07/02
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

Type 123 Brandenburg Class (second ship of class)
*1996 Howaldtswerke, Kiel
Comm.: 1995/11/02
Displacement. tons: 4,900 full load
Dimensions, feet (metres): 455,7 oa; 416.3 wl x 54.8 x 22.3
(138.9m; 126.9m x 16.7m x 6.8m)
Main machinery: CODOG; 2 GE 7LM2500SA-ML gas turbines; 51,000 hp (38MW) sustained; 2 MTU 20V 956 TB92 diesels; 11,070 hp(m) (8,14 MW) sustained; 2 shafts; Escher Weiss; cp props; Speed, knots: 29; 18 on diesels. Range, miles: 4,000 at 18 kt
Complement: 199 (27 officers) plus 19 aircrew
Two twin launchers for MM 38 Exocet, Lockheed Martin Mk 41 Mod 3 vertical launch system for 16 NATO Seasparrow medium-range surface-to-air missiles, Two 21-cell launchers for the RAM (Rolling Airframe) short-range surface-to-air missile

Kieler Förde Kiel Week guest trip
Frankenthal class (Type 332) minehunter
*1998 Abeking & Rasmussen, Lemwerder (Comm.: 1998/06/16)
Displacement: 650 tons
Dimensions: 54.4m x 9.2m x 2.5m
Propulsion: 2 diesels, 2 shafts, 4,080 kW, 18 knots
Crew: 43
Sonar: DSQS-11 minehunting, 2 ROV
Armament: 1 40 mm/70 AA; fitted for minelaying

Newest German Frigate HESSEN F 221, Kieler Förde, 04.02.2010
SACHSEN-Class (124)
L: 143m
B: 17,4m
D: 5m
5600t
38000kW Diesel/Gas Turbine
76mm Gun, 27mm Guns, HARPOON, SM2/ESSM, RAM, Torpedoes

German Fast-Patrol-Boat Gepard-Class (Type 143A)
Commissioned: 1984/03/22
Built by: AEG / Kröger Werft, Rendsburg
Wooden hull on aluminium frames
Displacement: 391 tons full load
Dimensions: 57.6 x 7.76 x 2.56 meters
Propulsion: 4 MTU diesels, 4 shafts, 9,700 kW, 32 knots/max. 40.0kn Crew: 34 (4
Officers)
Armament: 4 MM38 Exocet SSM, 1 76 mm OTO DP, 1 21 cell RAM (air defence)

Elbe Class (Type 404) Multirole tender/repair/support/supply ship
*1993 Bremer Vulkan – Comm.: 1993/07/22
3 RD MINESWEEPING SQUADRON, Kiel
Displacement: 3,450 tons full load
Dimensions: 94.8 x 15.8 x 4.05 meters
Propulsion: 2 diesels, 2 shafts, 3,300 bhp, 15 knots
Aviation: aft helicopter deck
Cargo: 24 20 ft. containers, 450 tons fuel, 11 tons lube oil, 27 tons provisions, 129
tons munitions
Crew: 40 + 50 technicians/passengers

Polish Corvette Project 620, Kieler Förde, 18.06.2010
L: 82,3m
B: 10,0m
D: 3,1m
1190ts, Sulzer Diesel-Engine, 12425kW, 2 Prop.
Builder: St. Polnocna/Gdansk, 1985-88