Köln-class frigate
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The ships of the F120 Köln class of frigates were the first major warships built in Germany after World War II.
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Class overview | |
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Name | Köln |
Builders | H. C. Stülcken Sohn, Hamburg |
Operators | |
Succeeded by | Bremen class |
Built | 1957–1964 |
In commission | 1961–1989 |
Completed | 6 |
Laid up | 1 |
Retired | 6 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Type | Frigate |
Displacement | 2090 tons standard, 2750 tons full load |
Length |
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Beam | 11 m (36 ft 1 in) |
Draught | 4.60 m (15 ft 1 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) |
Range |
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Endurance | Bunker: 360 t |
Complement | 238 |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Armament |
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They were the world's first ships to feature a combined diesel and gas propulsion system. The ships received numerous refits during their long careers with new electronics and torpedo tubes. They were replaced by Type 122 frigates in the 1980s and four ships were sold to the Turkish Navy.
List of ships
Pen- nant |
Name | Shipyard | Laid down[1] | Launched[1] | Com- missioned[1] |
Decom- missioned |
Fate |
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F220 | Köln | Stülcken & Sohn | 21 December 1957 |
6 December 1958 |
15 April 1961 |
17 December 1982 |
Used as training hulk in Neustadt |
F221 | Emden | Stülcken & Sohn | 15 April 1958 |
21 March 1959 |
24 October 1961 |
23 September 1983 |
Sold to the Turkish Navy as TCG Gemlik (D-361); destroyed in a fire |
F222 | Augsburg | Stülcken & Sohn | 29 October 1958 |
15 August 1959 |
7 April 1962 |
30 March 1988 |
Broken up in Hamburg |
F223 | Karlsruhe | Stülcken & Sohn | 15 December 1958 |
15 August 1959 |
15 December 1962 |
28 March 1983 |
sold to the Turkish Navy as TCG Gazi Osman Pasa (D-360); renamed Gelibolu 1984 |
F224 | Lübeck | Stülcken & Sohn | 28 October 1959 |
23 July 1960 |
6 June 1963 |
1 December 1988 |
sold to the Turkish Navy for cannibalization |
F225 | Braunschweig | Stülcken & Sohn | 28 July 1960 |
3 February 1962 |
16 June 1964 |
4 July 1989 |
sold for spare parts to the Turkish Navy, 1989, replaced TCG Gemlik (D-361) after fire on originally-named ship, 1992 |
All ships were stationed as second frigate squadron in Wilhelmshaven.
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