Kulmbach-class mine hunter
 Kulmbach-class mine hunters stationed at Kiel Naval Base | |
| Class overview | |
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| Operators: |
 German Navy |
| Preceded by: | Hameln class minesweeper |
| Built: | 1999–2001 |
| Active: | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 635 tonnes |
| Length: | 54.4 m (178 ft 6 in) |
| Beam: | 9.2 m (30 ft 2 in) |
| Draught: | 2.84 m (9 ft 4 in) |
| Propulsion: |
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| Speed: | 18 knots |
| Complement: | 37 |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys: | 2 × TKWA/MASS (Multi Ammunition Softkill System) decoy launcher (currently under procurement) |
| Armament: |
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The Type 333 Kulmbach class is a class of five German Navy ships. Built as Type 343 Hameln class minesweepers, they have been upgraded to minehunters using Seefuchs expendable drones to detonate detected naval mines.
List of ships
| Pennant number |
Name | Call sign |
commissioned | decommissioned |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M1091 | Kulmbach | DRFU | May 23, 1990 | March 31, 2012 |
| M1095 | Überherrn | DRFS | September 19, 1989 | |
| M1096 | Passau | DRFJ | December 18, 1990 | September 27, 2013 |
| M1097 | Laboe | DRFK | December 7, 1989 | March 28, 2012 |
| M1099 | Herten | DRFP | March 26, 1991 |
Notes: The listed commission dates are from their original commission as Type 343 boats since they were not formally recommissoned after their upgrade to Type 333 mine hunters.
The ships currently belong to the 3. Minensuchgeschwader (3rd Minesweeping Squadron) based in Kiel at the Baltic Sea.
Two of the three decommissioned Kulmbach-class mine hunters will be donated to Croatia in the near future.
References
- "Minenjagdboot KULMBACH-Klasse". German Navy. Retrieved 5 August 2008.
External links
- Marine-Portraits (German)
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