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German Frigate Sachsen
 
German Frigate Sachsen
Country: Germany
Type: Frigate
Service: 2003 - 2008
Ships in class: 3

The F124 Sachsen class is the latest class of advanced air-defense frigates in service with the German Navy. The design of the Sachsen incorporates enhanced stealth features as well as advanced multifunction radar claimed to be capable of detecting stealth aircraft and missiles. In June 1996 the German government contracted for three ships with an option on a fourth but the option for this fourth ship was not taken up. The F124 class frigates are larger and much more capable in all aspects than the Lutjens class destroyers, which they replaced. All three F124 class frigages are in service with Germany.


TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Displacement: 5,690 tonnes
Length: 143.0m
Beam: 17.44m
Draft: 5.0m
Propulsion: CODOG (combined diesel or gas)
2 propeller shafts, controllable pitch propellers
2 MTU V20 diesel engines, 7.4 MW each
1 General Electric LM2500 gas turbine
2 Renk ASM 195 F gearboxes (for the diesel engines)
1 Renk AS 2/290 gearbox (gas turbine and cross connection)
4 1000 kW Deutz 16/628 diesel-generators
Speed: 29 knots
Range: 4000+ nautical miles at 18 knots
Complement: 230 crew + 13 aircrew
Sensors and
processing systems:
2 STN Atlas 9600-M multi-function I/J band ARPA radars
1 Thales Nederland SMART-L long-range air and surface surveillance radar
1 Thales Nederland APAR air and surface search, tracking and guidance radar (I band)
1 Thales Sirius IRST long-range infrared surveillance and tracking system (fitted for but not with)
1 STN Atlas MSP 500 electro-optical fire control system
1 STN Atlas DSQS-24B bow sonar
Electronic warfare
and decoys:
1 FL 1800 S II ECM suite
6 Sippican Hycor SRBOC launcher
Armament: 1 MK. 41 VLS Tactical with 8 cells for 32 RIM-162 ESSM (4 per cell) and 24 SM-2 IIIA surface-to-air missiles
2 RAM launchers with 21 surface-to-air/CIWS-missiles each
2 quadruple Harpoon> anti-ship missile launchers
1 OTO-Melara 76 mm dual-purpose gun
2 Mauser MLG 27 27 mm autocannons
2 triple torpedo launchers with EuroTorp MU90 Impact torpedoes
Aircraft carried: 2 Sea Lynx Mk.88A or 2 NH90 helicopters