Hesse (F 221)
 The Hessians at the Kiel Week 2007.
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The frigate Hessen (F 221) was built between 2001 and 2005 by the North Sea Works in Emden and was officially put into service on April 21, 2006 in Wilhelmshaven as the third ship of the Sachsen class . Their main task is air defense - i.e. fighting aircraft and other air targets - to protect naval units and allied forces on land. To do this, it is equipped with very powerful radars and long-range missiles. You can also perform management tasks within a warship formation.
With its name, it continues a tradition in which the destroyer Hessen (D 184) , which was decommissioned in 1990, is and which can be returned to the liner SMS Hessen .
Calls
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The Hesse appearances included the 2007 G8 Summit in use and took along with other ships of the German Navy the offshore safety of the summit.
The frigate took part in the UNIFIL mission off the Lebanese coast in 2008 . End of 2009, exercised Hesse in a ( Engl. ) , Composite Training Unit Exercise ' with the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower off the east coast of the United States. From March 2010 she was part of the combat group around the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman . During a six-month operation, she was under American command. The focus of these operations was the goal of ensuring operational conditions and stability in regional operational areas within the framework of maritime security operations. In June, the F 221 crossed the Suez Canal together with US and Israeli warships .
From January to June 2013, Hessen took part in SNMG 1 . She served as the flagship of the Union Leader Flotilla Admiral Georg von Maltzan . The association also participated in Operation Active Endeavor during this period .
From December 2013 to April 2014, the Hessen was used in Operation EUNAVFOR Atalanta in the Horn of Africa.
From May to June 2015, the frigate was involved in the rescue of 3,419 shipwrecked migrants in the Mediterranean together with the task force supply company Berlin .
In addition, Hessen was responsible for securing the airspace at the G20 summit in Hamburg in 2017.
On January 28, 2018, the Hessen reached Naval Station Norfolk and took part in the "Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX)" together with the Norwegian frigate KNM Roald Amundsen (F311) - an exercise of the combat group around the American aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman ( CVN-75) . The Hessen then accompanied the combat group on the following mission. She returned to her home port on July 21, 2018.
Since April 2019 and until the end of September of the same year, the frigate has been in service for Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 in the Mediterranean. She took over the tasks of the task force supplier Bonn (A 1413) .
Commanders
| No. | Surname | Beginning of the term of office | Term expires |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Frigate Captain Peter Wiemann | April 21, 2006 | November 9, 2007 |
| 2. | Frigate Captain Dirk Gärtner | November 9, 2007 | August 5, 2010 |
| 3. | Frigate Captain Thorsten Marx | August 5, 2010 | September 13, 2012 |
| 4th | Frigate Captain Dirk Jacobus | September 13, 2012 | July 31, 2014 |
| 5. | Frigate Captain Rainer Muschalik | July 31, 2014 | 22nd September 2016 |
| 6th | Frigate Captain Olliver Pfennig | 22nd September 2016 | October 24, 2019 |
| 7th | Frigate Captain Hans Ulrich Geissler | October 24, 2019 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Marine.de: Frigate HESSEN in Beirut for the first time ( Memento from June 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Marine.de: Frigate Hessen exercises with the aircraft carrier group USS Harry S. Truman ( Memento from September 4, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on July 26, 2014
- ↑ debka.com: Obama starts massive US Air-Sea-Marine build-up opposite Iran ( Memento from May 31, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on July 26, 2014
- ↑ navy.mil: Truman Strike Group Deploys , accessed 25 May 2010
- ↑ wavy.com: Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group transits Suez Canal ( memento from February 10, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ), accessed on July 26, 2014
- ↑ "Mission accomplished" - Frigate "Hessen" returns to Wilhelmshaven. In: presseportal.de. Retrieved October 24, 2016 .
- ↑ FGS Hessen Heads for Home After Completing Successful Counter Piracy Operation with EU Naval Force | Eunavfor. In: eunavfor.eu. Retrieved September 20, 2016 .
- ↑ The rescues of the "Hessen" and the "Berlin" in the Mediterranean. Bundeswehr, June 8, 2015, accessed on August 30, 2015 .
- ↑ Waiting for the next emergency call. German Navy in sea rescue operation. Tagesschau.de, May 13, 2015, archived from the original on May 13, 2015 ; accessed on May 13, 2015 .
- ^ Wilhelmshaven: Frigates are coming home. NDR, June 19, 2015, accessed on June 23, 2015 .
- ↑ Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Sara Eshleman: Germany, Norway Join HST Strike Group . In: NNS180129-20 . USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) Public Affairs. January 29, 2018. Accessed January 31, 2018.
- ↑ Change of command on the frigate Hessen: Frigate captain Dirk Gärtner becomes the new commander. Retrieved November 15, 2016 .
- ↑ New commander for the "Hessen". In: Competence Site. Retrieved November 15, 2016 .
- ^ Frigate Hessen gets a new old man. In: www.marine.de. Retrieved November 15, 2016 .
- ↑ Hesse has a new commander. In: www.marine.de. Retrieved November 15, 2016 .
- ↑ Change of command on the frigate "Hessen". Retrieved November 15, 2016 .
- ^ Frigate "Hessen" under new command. In: https://www.marine.de . PIZ Deutsche Marine, October 24, 2019, accessed October 30, 2019 .