German naval forces replenished with third Sachsen-Anhalt frigate (Saxony-Anhalt) type F125. The transfer of the ship took place 30 Martha 2021 years in Wilhelmshaven.
The contract for the development and construction of four frigates of the F125 project was signed in June 2007 of the year. The ships are designed and built by the ARGE consortium, which includes the company ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems and the shipyard Fr. Lürssen shipyard.
“Saxony-Anhalt” – the third of four ships in this series. The lead frigate Baden-Württemberg was transferred to the German fleet in 2019 year after the elimination of deficiencies, 2nd Nordrhein-Westfalen entered the German Navy in June 2020 of the year, the fourth frigate Rheinland-Pfalz is planned to be transferred at the end 2021 of the year.
Ships of the F125 type are comparable in size to destroyers, but in Germany they are classified as frigates. The length of F125-class frigates is almost 150 m, width - 19 m, sediment - 5 m, full displacement reaches 7200 t, maximum travel speed - 26 knots, crew - 190 human.
Ships of the F125 type are equipped with a combined power plant of the CODLAG type, combining diesel generators and electric motors. One of the features of the new ships is a long maintenance cycle.. The frigate must do without maintenance at the base for two years, while performing operations of medium intensity (5000 hours per year).
weaponry – artillery gun Otobreda caliber 127 mm, two 27-mm anti-aircraft guns MLG 27, eight Harpoon anti-ship missiles, two vertical launchers of anti-aircraft missiles RIM-116 (42 missiles), two torpedo tubes caliber 324 mm, two NH90 helicopters.
