German corvette Ludwigshafen am Rhein
![]() Ludwigshafen am Rhein in Lemwerder on 16 July 2008.
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Name | Ludwigshafen am Rhein |
Namesake | Ludwigshafen am Rhein |
Port of registry | Hamburg, Germany |
Ordered | December 2001 |
Builder | Lürssen-Werft, Hamburg |
Cost | €240 million |
Laid down | 14 April 2006 |
Launched | 26 September 2007 |
Commissioned | 21 March 2013 |
Homeport | Wilhelmshaven, Germany |
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Status | Active |
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Type | Braunschweig-class corvette |
Displacement | 1,840 tonnes (1,810 long tons) |
Length | 89.12 m (292 ft 5 in) |
Beam | 13.28 m (43 ft 7 in) |
Draft | 3.4 m (11 ft 2 in) |
Propulsion | 2 MTU 20V 1163 TB 93 diesel engines producing 14.8MW, driving two controllable-pitch propellers. |
Speed | 26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph) |
Range | 4,000 nmi (7,400 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)[1] |
Endurance | 7 days; 21 days with tender[2] |
Complement | 65 : 1 commander, 10 officers, 16 chief petty officers, 38 enlisted |
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Electronic warfare & decoys |
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Aircraft carried | Helicopter pad and hangar for two Saab Skeldar |
Ludwigshafen am Rhein (F264) is the fifth ship of the Braunschweig-class corvette of the German Navy.
Developments
[edit]The K130 Braunschweig class (sometimes Korvette 130) is Germany's newest class of ocean-going corvettes. Five ships have replaced the Gepard-class fast attack craft of the German Navy.
They feature reduced radar and infrared signatures ("stealth" beyond the Sachsen-class frigates) and will be equipped with two helicopter UAVs for remote sensing. Recently, the German Navy ordered a first batch of two UMS Skeldar V-200 systems for the use on the Braunschweig-class corvettes.[4] The hangar is too small for standard helicopters, but the pad is large enough for Sea Kings, Lynx, or NH-90s, the helicopters of the German Navy.
The German Navy has ordered the RBS-15 Mk4 in advance, which will be a future development of the Mk3 with increased range —400 km (250 mi)— and a dual seeker for increased resistance to electronic countermeasures.[5] The RBS-15 Mk3 has the capability to engage land targets.[6]
In October 2016 it was announced that a second batch of five more frigates is to be procured from 2022–25.[7] The decision was in response to NATO requirements expecting Germany to provide a total of four corvettes at the highest readiness level for littoral operations by 2018, and with only five corvettes just two can be provided.[8]
Construction and career
[edit]Ludwigshafen was laid down on 14 April 2006 and launched on 26 September 2007 in Hamburg. She was commissioned on 21 March 2013.[9]
KRI Sultan Hasanuddin and Ludwigshafen conducted a towing exercise (TOWEX) on 26 August 2020.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Corvette Braunschweig Handed Over" (Press release). ThyssenKrupp AG. 30 January 2008. Archived from the original on 13 December 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
- ^ a b "Korvette "Braunschweig"-Klasse (K 130)" (in German). German Navy. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ^ "K130 Braunschweig Class Corvette - German Navy". Navyr ecognition. 13 August 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ^ BAAINBw Procures New Helicopter Drones for the Navy, Baainbw, 27 September 2018, retrieved 2 March 2019.
- ^ "de:Neue Aufgaben der Marine mit moderner Ausrüstung" (in German). German Navy. 17 May 2004. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
- ^ German Navy K130 Corvettes Ready for Saab RBS-15 Mk3 Anti-Ship Missiles, Navy recognition, 8 June 2016.
- ^ "Fünf neue Korvetten für die Bundeswehr", Faz, 14 October 2016.
- ^ "German Navy to Get Five More K130 Braunschweig-class Corvettes", Navy recognition, 14 November 2016.
- ^ "K130 Braunschweig Class Corvette". Naval Technology. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
- ^ "KRI Sultan Hasanuddin-366 Latihan Towing Dengan Kapal Perang..." Telusur.co.id. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
Bibliography
[edit]- Warship International Staff (2007). "First of the German K 130 Class". Warship International. XLIV (4): 364–365. ISSN 0043-0374.
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