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German frigate HessenGermany
NameHessen
BuilderNordseewerke, Emden
Laid down14 September 2001
Launched26 July 2003
Commissioned21 April 2006
Identification
  • Pennant number: F221
  • MMSI number: 211906000
  • Call sign: DRAC
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class and typeSachsen-class frigate
Displacement5,800 tonnes
Length143 m (469 ft)
Beam17.44 m (57.2 ft)
Draught6 m (20 ft)
Propulsion
  • CODAG (combined diesel and gas)
  • 2 propeller shafts, controllable-pitch propellers
  • 2 MTU V20 diesel engines, 7.4 MW each
  • 1 General Electric LM2500 gas turbine
Speed29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Range4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi)+ at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement230 crew + 13 aircrew
Sensors and
processing systems
  • 1 Thales Nederland SMART-L long-range air and surface surveillance radar (D band)
  • 1 Thales Nederland APAR air and surface search, tracking and guidance radar (I band)
  • 1 Thales Nederland Sirius IRST long-range infrared surveillance and tracking system (fitted for but not with)
  • 2 STN Atlas 9600-M multi-function I/J band ARPA radars
  • 1 STN Atlas MSP 500 electro-optical fire control system
  • 1 STN Atlas DSQS-24B bow sonar
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • 1 FL 1800 S II ECM suite
  • 6 Sippican Hycor SRBOC launcher
Armament
  • 1 OTO-Melara 76 mm dual-purpose gun
  • 2 Mauser MLG 27 27 mm autocannons
  • 1 MK. 41 VLS Tactical with 32 cells for 24 SM-2 Block IIIA and 32 RIM-162 ESSM (quad-packs per cell) surface-to-air missiles
  • 2 RAM launchers with 21 surface-to-air/CIWS-missiles each
  • 2 quadruple Harpoon anti-ship missile launchers
  • 2 triple torpedo launchers with EuroTorp MU90 Impact torpedoes
Aircraft carried2 Sea Lynx Mk.88A or 2 NH90 helicopters equipped with torpedoes, air-to-surface missiles Sea Skua, and/or heavy machine gun.

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