Frankenthal-class minehunter

Frankenthal class
M1064 Grömitz, already equipped with the MLG 27
Class overview
Builders:
  • Lürssen
  • Abeking & Rasmussen
  • Krögerwerft
Operators:
Preceded by: Hameln-class minesweeper
Subclasses: A class
In commission: 1992-1998
Planned: 12
Completed: 12
Active: 9
Retired: 3
General characteristics
Type: Minehunter
Displacement: 650 t
Length: 54.4 m (178 ft)
Beam: 9.2 m (30 ft)
Draft: 2.6 m (8 ft 6 in)
Propulsion:
Speed: 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement: 41
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • 1 × hull mounted DSQS-11A mine hunting sonar
  • DRBN 32 navigation radar
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
Armament:
Notes:
  • mine diver equipment, decompression chamber
  • crane

The Type 332 Frankenthal-class mine hunter is a class of German mine hunters. The ships are built of non-magnetic steel. Hull, machinery and superstructure of this class is similar to the original Type 343 Hameln-class minesweeper, but the equipment differs.

Slightly modified Frankenthal-class minehunters are also operated by the Turkish Navy, where they are referred to as the A class.

List of German ships

All active ships are currently stationed in Kiel at the Baltic Sea. M1058, M1059, M1062, M1065 and M1069 are part of the 3. Minensuchgeschwader (3. mine sweeper squadron). The others belong to 5. Minensuchgeschwader. M1060 Weiden was sold to United Arab Emirates in 2006. As the German Navy closed the naval base at Olpenitz, all ships were relocated to Kiel and their squadrons incorporated into the Einsatzflottille 1 (Flotilla 1).[1]

On 21 February 2007, Grömitz ran onto a reef in the Floro fjord while on tour in western Norway and remained stranded in a spectacular way until being salvaged.[2]

Pennant
Number		 Name Call
sign		 Shipyard Commissioned Decommissioned
M1066Frankenthal DREY Lürssen 16 December 1992 Sold to UAE (now M02 Al Murjan)
M1060Weiden DRES Abeking & Rasmussen 3 March 1993 Sold to UAE (now M01 Al Hasbah)
M1061Rottweil DRET Krögerwerft 7 July 1993 Refitted to be used with the SEK-M
M1063Bad BevensenDREV Lürssen 9 December 1993
M1067Bad RappenauDREZ Abeking & Rasmussen 19 April 1994
M1064Grömitz DREW Krögerwerft 23 August 1994
M1068Datteln DRFA Lürssen 8 December 1994
M1065Dillingen DREX Abeking & Rasmussen 25 April 1995
M1069Homburg DRFB Krögerwerft 26 September 1995
M1062Sulzbach-RosenbergDREU Lürssen 23 January 1996
M1058Fulda DRFC 5 June 1998
M1059Weilheim DRFD 26 November 1998

Gallery

References

  1. ↑ "Minenjagdboot FRANKENTHAL-Klasse". Deutsche Marine. Retrieved 4 August 2008.
  2. ↑ Image

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