Additional Info

• Ships in class

  NAME	NUMBER	LAUNCHED	COMMISSIONED
  FGS Sachsen	F-219	20 January 2001	31 December 2003
  FGS Hamburg	F-220	16 August 2004	13 December 2004
  FGS Hessen	F-221	26 July 2003	21 April 2006

• Length
  • 143 meters
• Beam
  • 17,4 meters
• Draft
  • 6 meters
• Displacement
  • 5.800 tons.
• Propulsion
  • CODAG (COmbined Diesel And Gas)
  • 1 gas turbine GE7 LM-2500 PF/MLG with a power of 23,500 kW
  • 2 diesel MTU 20V1163 TB93 with a power of 7,400 kW.
  • 2 variable pitch propellers.
• Electric power
  • 4 Diesel generators Deutz 16/628 of 1.000 kW.
• Speed
  • 29 knots.
• Range
  • 4.000 NM at 18 knots.
• Complement
  • Crew: 230
  • Air group: 13
• Sensors
  • Multifunction Radar: Thales Nederland APAR in band I
  • Air radar: Thales Nederland SMART-L 3D in band D
  • Navigation radar: 2 STN Atlas 9600-M in band I.
  • Fire Control: 2 AN/SPG-62 (Mk-99)
  • IRST (Infra-Red Search and Track): Thales Nederland Sirius
  • Fire Control: Electro-optical system STN Atlas MSP 500
  • Hull Sonar: STN Atlas DSQS-24B
• ESM/ECM
  • ESM/ECM radar: EADS FL 1800S II
  • ESM/ECM comms: EADS Maigret CESM
• Countermeasures
  • 6 Sippican Hycor SRBOC
• Systems
  • Combat system: Thales Nederland SEWACO FD
  • 17 multifunction consoles
  • Data link 11/16
  • Satellite Communication, UHF, HF, VHF.
• Weapons
  • 1 launch Mk-41 Mod. 10 VLS of 32 Anti-aircraft missile cells Standard SM-2 Block IIIA, ESSM RIM 162B
  • 1 gun OTO-Melara 76 mm
  • 2 triple torpedo launchers Mk-32 Mod. 9 for Eurotorp MU90.
  • 2 CIWS RIM-116 RAM
  • 8 RGM-84 Harpoon.
  • 2 Mauser MLG 27 27 mm
• Aircraft carried
  • Hangar and flight deck for 2 helicopters NH-90 or 2 Lynx.