German frigate Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg (F222) is the lead ship of the Baden-Württemberg-class frigates of the German Navy.

Baden-Württemberg at the deperming range in Wilhelmshaven.
History
Germany
Name: Baden-Württemberg
Namesake: Baden-Württemberg
Port of registry: Hamburg, Germany
Builder:

Lürssen, Wolgast

Blohm+Voss, Hamburg
Laid down: 2 November 2011
Launched: 12 December 2013
Commissioned: 17 June 2019
Identification:
Status: Active
General characteristics
Class and type: Baden-Württemberg-class frigate
Displacement: 7,200 tonnes
Length: 149.52 m (490 ft 7 in)
Beam: 18.80 m (61 ft 8 in)
Draught: 5 m (16 ft 5 in)
Propulsion:
Speed: 20 knots (37 km/h) on diesel only, 26 kn (48 km/h) max.
Range: 4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km)
Boats & landing
craft carried:
  • Submarine ROVs
  • 4 × 11 m (36 ft 1 in) RHIB, capable of more than 40 kn (74 km/h)
Capacity: Space for two 6.1 m (20 ft 0 in) containers
Complement: 190 (standard crew: 110)
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • 1 × Cassidian TRS-4D AESA radar
  • 2(?) × navigation radars
  • IFF
  • diver and swimmer detection sonar (no anti-submarine sonar)
  • Laser warning
  • KORA-18 Combined RADAR and COMMS ESM from GEDIS
  • Link 11, Link 16, Link 22 communications systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
Armament:
Aircraft carried: 2 × NH-90 helicopters

Background

Baden-Württemberg was designed and constructed by ARGE F125, a joint-venture of Thyssen-Krupp and Lürssen. She is part of the Baden-Württemberg class have the highest displacement of any class of frigate worldwide and are used to replace the Bremen class.[1][2]

Construction and career

Baden-Württemberg was laid down on 2 November 2011 and launched on 12 December 2013 in Hamburg, Germany. She was commissioned on 17 June 2019.[3][4]

On 17 April 2020, Baden-Württemberg completed her extreme weather test in the South Atlantic after she left Brazil on 7 February to test hot weather near the Equator.[5]

  • Baden-Württemberg gallery
  • Baden-Württemberg under construction in Hamburg on 11 December 2013.
  • Unfinished Baden-Württemberg being towed on 10 November 2015.
  • Unfinished Baden-Württemberg being towed on 10 November 2015.
  • Unfinished Baden-Württemberg being towed on 10 November 2015.
  • Baden-Württemberg underway in Hamburg on 29 April 2019.

References
  1. "Making Do With Less".
  2. "First of TKMS built F-125 class Frigate "Baden-Württemberg" Christened for the German Navy". December 12, 2013.
  3. "Marine". www.bundeswehr.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-09-17.
  4. www.thyssenkrupp-marinesystems.com https://www.thyssenkrupp-marinesystems.com/en/press-releases/d/uid-411e96cd-60b4-774b-a7cb-c1c270a5a489.html. Retrieved 2020-09-17. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. "German Navy's Baden-Württemberg frigate completes extreme weather tests in South Atlantic". Naval News. 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2020-09-17.
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