Braunschweig (F 260)

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Braunschweig (F 260)
Braunschweig class
2015 in Wilhelmshaven
2015 in Wilhelmshaven
Overview
Type corvette
Shipyard

Blohm + Voss GmbH, Hamburg

Keel laying December 1, 2004
Launch April 19, 2006
Namesake City of Braunschweig
Commissioning April 16, 2008
home port Naval base Warnemünde
Technical specifications
See: Corvette K130
Callsign / identifier

DRBA / F 260

Insinuation

1st Corvette Squadron

Coat of arms Braunschweig.svg

The Braunschweig is a corvette of the German Navy and type ship of class 130 , also Braunschweig- class. After the ship of the line Braunschweig and the frigate Braunschweig, she is the third warship of a German navy to bear this name and named after the large and former royal seat of Braunschweig in Lower Saxony.

history

The first ship of the new corvette class was laid on December 1, 2004 in the Hamburg shipyard Blohm + Voss , on April 19, 2006 the corvette was christened Braunschweig . It is therefore the type ship of the corvette class 130 ( Braunschweig class). The sloop has the NATO - ship identifier F 260 which it in the classification of a frigate classifies.

The Braunschweig was handed over to the German Armed Forces on January 29, 2008 in Warnemünde and has been part of the 1st Corvette Squadron since it was commissioned on April 16, 2008 . She undertook her first major trip abroad to the Mediterranean and the Red Sea.

On 20 May 2009, the speedboat was Braunschweig on the name Eintracht baptized. This is intended to express the further bond with Braunschweig and the traditional football club of 1895 Eintracht Braunschweig .

After a lengthy lay in the yard due to various problems ( see under Braunschweig class ), the Braunschweig set sail again for tests for the first time in late summer 2010, and a year later she took part in Basic Operational Sea Training (BOST) for the first time with the Royal Navy in Plymouth .

Calls

  • From April to August 2013 the Braunschweig was on her first mission at UNIFIL off the coast of Lebanon .
  • From September 2014 to February 2015, the Braunschweig was again used at UNIFIL. She was replaced by her sister ship Erfurt .
  • On May 17, 2016, the corvette, driven by the Alpha crew under Corvette Captain Ronny Bergner, left its home base. It replaces the Corvette Erfurt in the UNIFIL mission. A deployment for 12 months with several crew changes is planned. On June 7, 2016, the Braunschweig replaced the Erfurt in the port of Limassol in Cyprus . The first crew change took place on October 11, 2016. At the beginning of February, the crew of Charlie , under the command of Corvette Captain Robert Schmidt, replaced the Bravo crew, who had previously been deployed , under the command of Frigate Captain Rüdiger Fitz. On May 30, 2017, the contingent change to the corvette Magdeburg took place in the port of Limassol . On the return transit from the operational area, the Braunschweig was involved in the Sea Guardian maritime surveillance operation for a week . After 13 months at sea, in which 41,600 nautical miles were covered, the Braunschweig returned to her home port of Warnemünde on June 14, 2017.
  • On Monday, May 14, 2018, the Corvette Braunschweig set out to take part in the UNIFIL mission off the coast of Lebanon for the fourth time under the command of frigate captain Alexander Dubnitzki. In the first rotation , the Braunschweig is driven by the Charly crew (multi- crew concept). Several crew changes are planned on site, the Braunschweig is replacing its sister ship Magdeburg , which has been in service since May 2017. On September 23, 2018, the Braunschweig was replaced by her sister ship Oldenburg in action and the return transit began. Among other things, she went through the navigationally demanding passage through the Corinth Canal . On October 5, 2018, the Braunschweig returned to her home port.

Web links

Commons : Braunschweig  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Corvette "Braunschweig": The floating network starts , stern.de from April 15, 2008; accessed on August 23, 2016.
  2. ↑ Corvette "Braunschweig" now belongs to UNIFIL. In: www. Einsatz.bundeswehr.de. Retrieved October 15, 2016 .
  3. ↑ UNIFIL: "Braunschweig" went, "Wiesel" took over. In: www. Einsatz.bundeswehr.de. Retrieved October 15, 2016 .
  4. ^ Changing of the guard: Corvette "Braunschweig" takes over from speedboats. In: www. Einsatz.bundeswehr.de. Retrieved October 15, 2016 .
  5. ↑ In action for one year - Corvette "Erfurt" off the coast of Lebanon. In: www. Einsatz.bundeswehr.de. Retrieved October 15, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Goodbye Corvette "Braunschweig". In: www.marine.de. Retrieved May 17, 2016 .
  7. ↑ "Erfurt" ended mission - "Braunschweig" has taken over. In: www. Einsatz.bundeswehr.de. Retrieved June 7, 2016 .
  8. ↑ Changing of the guard on the "Braunschweig". In: www. Einsatz.bundeswehr.de. Retrieved October 15, 2016 .
  9. ^ Achim Winkler: UN medal: UNIFIL soldiers of the Bravo crew awarded. In: Current missions. Bundeswehr, January 24, 2017, accessed on June 16, 2017 .
  10. ↑ Alexander Gottschalk: Changing of the Guard in front of the Levant. In: Current missions. Bundeswehr, May 30, 2017, accessed June 16, 2017 .
  11. ↑ "Braunschweig" back from UNIFIL mission. Marine Press and Information Center, June 15, 2017, accessed June 16, 2017 .
  12. ↑ Corvette "Braunschweig" expires to UNIFIL. In: https://www.presseportal.de . May 9, 2018. Retrieved May 14, 2018 .
  13. ^ Corvette "Braunschweig" back home. In: www.marine.de. PIZ Deutsche Marine, October 5, 2018, accessed on October 13, 2018 .