Brandenburg Class (Type 123) Class Overview

Dimensions, machinery and performance
Propulsion:
Combined Diesel or Gas (CODOG)
Length:
455' 5"

Diesels:
2 MTU Friedrichshafen 20V956 TB92
Beam:
54' 7"
Turbines:
2 GE LM-2500 9A-ML
Draft:
14' 2" (20' 6" sonar)
Shafts:
2
Displacement
Horsepower
Standard:
3,600
Diesels:
11,700
Full:
4,490
Turbines:
51,680
Total:
63,380
Crew
Speed
Officers:
26
Diesels:
18 knots
Enlisted:
193
Turbines:
29+ knots
Total:
219
Range:
4,000+ NM @ 18 knots


Armament
Guns
Number
Type
Arrangement
1
76mm/62 OTO Melara
Single turret
2 (a)
20mm/90 Rheinmetall Rh-202 AA
Single mounts
Missiles
Number
Type
Launch platform
16
RIM-7 Sea Sparrow (SAM)
Mk-41 16 cell
4 (b)
MM-38 Exocet (SSM)
42 (c)

RIM-116 Rolling Airframe (SAM)

2 Mk-49 21 cell
Torpedo Tubes
Number
Size
Launch platform
4
12.75" (324MM)
2 Mk-32 twin tube fixed
Aircraft
Number
Type
1-2
Sea Lynx
Notes
(a):
To be replaced with 27mm Rheinmetall-Mauser MLG-27 AA
(b):
To be replaced with RBS-15 (SSM)
(c):
Unknown number of reloads


Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Blohm & Voss GmbH
Hamburg, Germany
Aug. 28, 1992
Oct. 14, 1994
Fate
Active in commission as of 2008.
Homeport: Wilhelmshaven, Germany assigned to the 6th Fregattengeschwader.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Howaldtswerke Deutsche Werft
Kiel, Germany
June 3, 1994
Nov. 24, 1995
Fate
Active in commission as of 2008.
Homeport: Wilhelmshaven, Germany assigned to the 6th Fregattengeschwader.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Nordseewerke GmbH
Emden, Germany
June 30, 1994
June 15, 1996
Fate
Active in commission as of 2008.
Homeport: Wilhelmshaven, Germany assigned to the 6th Fregattengeschwader.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Bremer Vulkan
Vegesack, Bremen, Germany
July 8, 1995
Dec. 6, 1996
Fate
Active in commission as of 2008.
Homeport: Wilhelmshaven, Germany assigned to the 6th Fregattengeschwader.


Page published Dec. 26, 2008