Köln 1975
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Köln | F220 | Stülcken, Hamburg | 21.12.1957 | 6.12.1958 | 15.4.1961 | stricken 12.1982 | |
| Emden | F221 | Stülcken, Hamburg | 15.4.1958 | 21.3.1959 | 24.10.1961 | to Turkey 6.1983 (Gemlik) | |
| Augsburg | F222 | Stülcken, Hamburg | 29.10.1958 | 15.8.1959 | 7.4.1962 | stricken 3.1988 | |
| Karlsruhe | F223 | Stülcken, Hamburg | 15.12.1958 | 24.10.1959 | 15.12.1962 | to Turkey 3.1983 (Gazi Osman Paşa) | |
| Lübeck | F224 | Stülcken, Hamburg | 28.10.1959 | 23.7.1960 | 6.6.1963 | to Turkey 12.1988 | |
| Braunschweig | F225 | Stülcken, Hamburg | 28.7.1960 | 3.2.1962 | 16.6.1964 | to Turkey 7.1989 (later Gemlik) |
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Displacement standard, t |
2090 |
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Displacement full, t |
2750 |
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Length, m |
105.0 wl 109.8 oa |
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Breadth, m |
11.0 |
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Draught, m |
4.60 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
CODAG: 4 MAN V84V24/30 diesels + 2 Brown Boveri TA8007 gas turbines |
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Power, h. p. |
12000 + 26000 = 38000 |
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Max speed, kts |
32 |
|
Fuel, t |
diesel oil 360 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
3450(12) |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 100/55 Mle 1953, 2 x 2 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors 106, 2 x 1 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors 107, 2 x 1 - 533 TT, 2 x 4 - 375 Bofors ASWRL, 2 DCR(12), 82 mines |
| Electronic equipment | DA-02, SGR-103, Kelvin Hughes 14/9, 2x M44, M45 radars, PAE/CWE sonar, ECM suite |
|
Complement |
238 |
Project history: These Type 120 frigates were ordered in March 1957 having been designed in 1955-57 as 'Geleitboot 55' (Escort 55). They were the first German warships to receive CODAG propulsion. During numerous refits they received increased hull protection and stability, and updated electronics.
Modernizations: 1960s, all: - 2 x 1 - 533 TT; + 4 x 1 - 533 TT (short)
1980s, all: + 2 decoy RL
Naval service: No significant events.
Lübeck 1980
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