Bavaria (F 217)
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| Bavaria (F 217) | |
| Brandenburg class | |
_off_Palma_de_Mallorca_on_4_September_2011.jpg) Frigate Bavaria in 2011 |
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| Overview | |
| Shipyard | |
| Keel laying | December 16, 1993 |
| Launch | June 30, 1994 |
| Namesake | Free State of Bavaria |
| Commissioning | June 15, 1996 |
| home port | Wilhelmshaven |
| Technical specifications | |
| See: Frigate F123 | |
| length |
139 m |
| broad |
16.7 m |
| Draft |
6.3 m |
| crew |
214 |
| speed |
more than 29 kn |
| Armament |
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| Call sign / identifier |
DRAJ / F 217 |
| Insinuation | |
The Bavaria is a frigate of the German Navy Type F123 ( Brandenburg class). It is the third unit in this class and named after the Free State of Bavaria .
story
On June 28, 1989 the building contract for the later Bavarian frigate was awarded to Thyssen Nordseewerke GmbH in Emden and on December 16, 1993 the keel was laid in the dock of Thyssen Nordseewerke. On June 30, 1994, the Bavarian Prime Minister Edmund Stoiber gave the baptismal address for the Bavarians . The ship was christened by his wife Karin Stoiber .
From January 15 to March 1, 1996, the necessary proof of functionality and testing of the ship in port and at sea took place. The commissioning took place on June 15, 1996. The frigate Bavaria was under the 6th frigate squadron in Wilhelmshaven until January 2006 , after which it was assigned to the 2nd frigate squadron in Wilhelmshaven.
Technical specifications
- Length: 138.85 m
- Width: 16.70 m
- Draft: 6.20 m
- Displacement: 4500 t
- Drive type: 2 gas turbines with 19,000 kW each , 2 drive diesel engines with 3820 kW each
- Top speed: gas turbine 30 knots, drive diesel engine 21 knots
- Sea endurance: 21 days at 18 kn , radius 4000 nm
crew
- 17 officers
- 41 Portepee NCOs
- 61 NCOs
- 75 teams
Commanders
| No. | Surname | Beginning of the term of office | Term expires |
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| 1 | Frigate Captain Thorsten Kähler | April 1, 1995 | December 9, 1997 |
| 2 | Frigate Captain Ulrich Zumkeller | December 9, 1997 | June 9, 2000 |
| 3 | Frigate Captain Norbert Schatz | June 9, 2000 | April 4, 2003 |
| 4th | Frigate Captain Jan Christian Kaack | April 4, 2003 | July 8, 2004 |
| 5 | Frigate Captain Jörg Klein | July 8, 2004 | April 27, 2006 |
| 6th | Frigate Captain Norbert Bäumel | April 27, 2006 | May 31, 2007 |
| 7th | Frigate Captain Jens Schwarter | May 31, 2007 | May 28, 2010 |
| 8th | Frigate captain Andreas-Peter Graf von Kielmansegg | May 28, 2010 | May 8, 2012 |
| 9 | Frigate Captain York Lohse | May 8, 2012 | 4th March 2014 |
| 10 | Frigate Captain Frank Ensign | 4th March 2014 | September 30, 2015 |
| 11 | Frigate Captain Markus Brüggemeier | October 1, 2015 | 19th September 2018 |
| 12th | Frigate Captain Tilo Kalski | 19th September 2018 | - |
Sponsorships
The Free State of Bavaria took over the sponsorship of the frigate Bavaria on the day the ship was christened, June 30, 1994 .
The frigate Bavaria has been sponsoring the first German SOS Children's Village in Dießen am Ammersee since 1996 . The suggestion for this sponsorship goes back to Karin Stoiber, who is the godmother of the frigate Bavaria.
In February 2010, the Free State of Bavaria was sponsored by founding the Freundeskreis Fregatte Bayern e. V. expanded.
Calls
The Bavaria has been involved in several missions abroad since its commissioning , including 1999 in Operation Allied Force in the Adriatic Sea.
- April to November 2005: Used as a flagship for Flotilla Admiral Wolfgang Kalähne as commander of the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 . Participation in maneuvers and Operation Active Endeavor .
- September 2007 to March 2008: Flagship for Flotilla Admiral Hans-Christian Luther as leader of the Maritime Task Force at UNIFIL . At the end of January, Bavaria rescued 14 crew members of the container freighter Gevo Victory from distress off the Lebanese coast .
- The Bavarians ran out on July 18, 2011 for the anti-piracy mission Operation Atalanta in the Horn of Africa. On August 13th, Flotilla Admiral Thomas Jugel took over the command of the European task force and used the Bavarians as the flagship until December 6th. On December 22nd, the ship and crew were back in their home port.
- Used as a flagship for Flotilla Admiral Thorsten Kähler as the commander of the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 . Expired on June 1, 2012, deployed from July 15, 2012 to December 2, 2012 (arrival in home port), participation in maneuvers and Operation Active Endeavor .
- On January 26, 2015, the frigate Bayern set out for the Horn of Africa (Operation Atalanta). From July 3, 2015, the frigate was back in the home port.
- From March 23 to August 8, 2016, the frigate Bayern was again used in Operation Atalanta. She served the German CTG Flotilla Admiral Jan C. Kaack as the flagship. During this five-month mission, 32,000 nautical miles were covered.
- On March 7, 2018, the frigate left Bayern to their home port in order in the Aegean to join and the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 at the NATO activity in the Aegean during the refugee crisis to participate. It replaces the task force supply company in Frankfurt am Main there. On August 14, 2018 in Souda, Greece, responsibility in the operational area was transferred from the frigate Bavaria to the frigate Lübeck . The return of Bayern was expected for the end of August 2018.
Presence and training trip to the Indo-Pacific
From August 2021 to February 2022, the frigate Bavaria is conducting a presence and training voyage to the Indo-Pacific , which is the first aspect of a new German foreign policy in this region of the world that is attracting great media attention. The warship will be in the sea area between the Horn of Africa, Australia and Japan. The inspector of the navy , Vice Admiral Kay-Achim Schönbach , said that the voyage of the frigate Bavaria should underline, among other things, that Germany, on the side of its international value partners, advocates freedom of sea routes and compliance with international law in the region. The contract also includes participation in monitoring measures for UN sanctions against North Korea, participation in international exercises and performing representational tasks.
literature
- Information brochure 10 years frigate Bavaria , responsible for the content: Leutnant zur See Schmidt, Verlag Dietmar Fölbach, Koblenz
Web links
- Frigate Bavaria on marine.de
- Official website of the Freundeskreis Frgatte Bayern e. V.
- Appearance of the frigate Bavaria on Twitter
Individual evidence
- ↑ Change of command on the frigate "Bayern". In: marine.de. Bundeswehr, October 1, 2015, accessed on October 21, 2015 .
- ↑ NATO mission: Greetings from Bavaria to the crew. In: NWZonline . Nordwest-Zeitung Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, April 1, 2005, accessed on November 1, 2016 .
- ↑ German Navy: The frigate BAYERN returns from the mission. In: presseportal.de. news aktuell GmbH , March 12, 2008, accessed on October 24, 2016 .
- ^ Frigate BAVARIA - heading for Somalia. In: soldatenglueck.de. Sebastian von der Trenck, July 19, 2011, archived from the original on August 9, 2012 ; accessed on August 4, 2021 .
- ↑ Back in the home port - “Bavaria” has ended its mission as a NATO flagship. In: marine.de. Marine Press and Information Center, December 3, 2012, accessed May 6, 2014 .
- ↑ Daniel Timme and Martin Kübel: "Bavaria" takes over - Operation Atalanta is led from a German frigate. In: bundeswehr.de. March 31, 2016, accessed March 31, 2016 .
- ↑ FGS Bayern on her Way Home After Successful Counter-piracy Deployment with Operation Atalanta. In: eunavfor.eu. August 8, 2016, accessed August 8, 2016 .
- ^ Frigate "Bayern" hands over the steering wheel to frigate "Lübeck". In: bundeswehr.de. PIZ Operations Command, August 15, 2018, accessed on August 16, 2018 .
- ↑ The frigate "Bayern" leaves Wilhelmshaven for the Mediterranean. In: marine.de. German Navy, March 7, 2018, accessed March 16, 2018 .
- ↑ Geostrategy: AKK wants to contain China in the Indo-Pacific. In: Deutsche Welle . March 12, 2021, accessed July 31, 2021 .
- ↑ Frigate "Bavaria" flies the flag in the Indo-Pacific. In: presseportal.de. news aktuell GmbH , July 28, 2021, accessed on July 31, 2021 .
- ↑ Speech by the minister on the occasion of the departure of the frigate "Bavaria". In: bmvg.de. Federal Ministry of Defense , August 2, 2021, accessed on August 3, 2021 .