Braunschweig class corvette

Braunschweig class corvette

The K130 Braunschweig class (sometimes Korvette 130) is Germany's newest class of ocean-going corvettes. They supplement the Gepard class fast attack craft that are currently used but not particularly well suited for this mission. For administrative purposes these craft are classified as "boats" instead of "ships", and their commander is ranked as a company commander, not as a battalion commander.

Technical details

They feature reduced radar and infrared signature ("stealth" beyond the Sachsen class frigate) and should have been equipped with two helicopter UAVs for remote sensing. The UAV program has been delayed indefinitely, but the Braunschweig will be fitted with a small hangar and a helicopter pad nonetheless. The UAV is still planned and will probably be developed jointly by the German Navy and the German Army. The hangar is too small for standard helicopters, but the pad is large enough for Sea Kings, Lynx or MH-90s, the helicopters of the German Navy.

The planned program of the Polyphem missile system - optical fiber-guided missiles with a range of 60 km - was canceled in 2003. Instead, the RBS 15 is mounted. While the RBS15 has a much greater range (200 km, after upgrade up to 400 km) it lacks the ECM-resistant video feedback of the Polyphem and is also just too large (and too expensive) for most targets.

The German Navy is seeking a replacement for the Polyphem missile and also has ordered the RBS 15 Mk. 4 in advance, which will be a future development of the Mk. 3 with increased range and a dual seeker.

hip list

The ships are not actually built at a single shipyard. Sections are constructed at different locations at the same time and later "married". The table lists the yard where the keel was officially laid down in a ceremony.

The five ships will form the "Korvettengeschwader" (corvette squadron) of the "Einsatzflotille 1" (Flotilla 1) and their home port will be Warnemünde on the Baltic Sea.

A second batch with at least five ships (probably with varying equipment and armament) is planned from 2008 on.

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ee also

*Sea Shadow (IX-529) USA
*USS Independence (LCS-2) USA
*USS Freedom (LCS-1) USA
*Sea Fighter USA
*"La Fayette" class frigate FRA
*"Visby" class corvette SWE
*"F125" class frigate GER
*"Sachsen" class frigate GER

References

* [http://www.marine.de/01DB070000000001/CurrentBaseLink/W2698KW8296INFODE Korvette Braunschweig-Klasse] @ Marine (official homepage of the German Navy)


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