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![]() Schleswig-Holstein on 26 September 2010
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Class overview | |
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Name | Brandenburg class |
Builders | |
Operators | ![]() |
Preceded by | |
Succeeded by | Sachsen class |
Cost | €303 million per unit |
Built | 1992–1996 |
In commission | 1994–present |
Completed | 4 |
Active | 4 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Frigate |
Displacement | 3,600 tons (4,490 t full load)[1] |
Length | 138.85 m (455 ft 7 in)[1] |
Beam | 16.7 m (54 ft 9 in)[1] |
Draught | 4.35 m (14 ft 3 in) (6.3 m (20 ft 8 in) over sonar)[1] |
Propulsion |
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Speed | >29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph)[1] |
Range | 4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)[1] |
Complement | 26 officers, 193 enlisted[1] |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys |
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Armament |
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Aircraft carried | Two Sea Lynx helicopters equipped with ASW torpedoes, or air-to-surface missiles Sea Skua, and a heavy machine gun. |
The F123 Brandenburg class is a class of German frigate. They were ordered by the German Navy in June 1989 and completed and commissioned between 1994 and 1996, replacing the Hamburg-class destroyers. The ships primarily carry out anti-submarine warfare (ASW), but they also contribute to local anti-aircraft defenses, the tactical command of squadrons, and surface-to-surface warfare operations. Together with the F124 Sachsen-class frigates, they are the mainstay of the German surface fleet.