- Köln class frigate
The ships of the F120 Köln class of frigates were the first major warships built in
Germany afterWorld War II .They were the world's first ships to feature a
combined diesel and gas propulsion system.pecifications
*Length: 109.83
metre s
*Beam: 11.02 metres
*Draft: 3.54 metres
*Displacement: 2969metric tonne s
*Propulsion:combined diesel and gas :
**2 Brown Boveri & Ciegas turbine s, 8832 kilowatts each
**4 MAN four-strokediesel engine s, 2208 kilowatts each
**2propeller shaft s driving three-bladed variable pitchpropeller s of 2.95 metres diameter
**For emergency power, the machinery could be overpowered to 120% for a limited time
*Maximum speed: 24 knots on diesel, convert|30|kn|km/h|0 on gas, convert|34|kn|km/h|0 with all engines
*Bunker : 361 cubic metersdiesel fuel
*Range: convert|2700|nmi|km|-1 at convert|22|kn|km/h|0, convert|890|nmi|km|-1 at convert|29|kn|km/h|0
*Sensors:
**Navigationradar KH14/9
**Surveillance radar SGR105/04, SGR103/02
**Fire control radar MV2/3Du, M4/1Du, M5/1Du, M9/3Du
**Sonar CWE10 for guiding torpedoes
**Sonar PAE1A for guiding rocket thrower
*Armament:
**2×100 mm/L55 METL 53 guns
**2 twin barreled 40 mm/L70 Breda Mod 58 II MDL anti-aircraft guns
**2 single barreled 40 mm/L70 Bofors Mod 58 anti-aircraft guns
**4×533 mmtorpedo tube s,Mark 44 torpedo es
**2 quadruple 375 mm anti-submarine rocket thrower
**depth charge s, mine-laying capacity
*Complement: 210–238List of ships
All ships were stationed as second frigate squadron in
Wilhelmshaven .See also
*
List of frigates
*List of German Federal Navy ships
*List of naval ships of Germany
*List of naval ship classes of Germany
* Lists of ship launches in: 1959, 1962
* Lists of ship commissionings in: 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964
* Lists of ship decommissionings in: 1982, 1983, 1988, 1989
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