Karlsruhe (F 212)
Ship class: | F122 |
Call sign / identifier: | DRAV / F 212 |
Type ship: | Bremen |
Builder: | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft AG , Kiel (final equipment at Bremer Vulkan AG) |
Construction numbers | 161/1025 |
Keel laying: | March 10, 1981 |
Launch: | January 8, 1982 |
Commissioning: | April 19, 1984 |
Decommissioning: | June 16, 2017 |
Association membership | 4th frigate squadron in Wilhelmshaven |
For technical data, see: F122 |
The multi-purpose frigate Karlsruhe of the German Navy is the sixth ship of the Bremen class . She is the fifth ship of the German Navy to be named after the former capital of Baden .
Duties and equipment
During the Adriatic missions in the mid-1990s, the frigate was temporarily equipped with a goalkeeper , an additional anti-aircraft system. The modern RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile missile system has been available since 1995, and since 1998 a new central computer and a new TRS 3D / 32 radar antenna as a replacement for the DA 08 air and sea surveillance antenna.
With the end of the Cold War, the ship's tasks for convoy protection, submarine hunting and general surface sea warfare in the context of national and alliance defense, for which this type of ship was originally designed, have now expanded. Since 1990, orders in crisis prevention and defense have come more and more to the fore. Most recently she was in action for Frontex .
The Karlsruhe was taken out of service at the end of 2016. After more than 33 years of service, during which she covered 784,467.9 nautical miles, she was decommissioned on June 16, 2017 in the Wilhelmshaven naval arsenal.
The Karlsruhe was handed over to the WTD 71 and is to be used for blasting tests. This should contribute to the research and development of more realistic shock calculations, shock simulations and thus to a better design basis for future naval ships. The Karlsruhe will be replaced by the name-giving first ship of the Baden-Württemberg class , which was originally put into service in 2017 but now in 2019.
The ship is in the naval arsenal in Kiel (as of October 2018).
Calls
The Karlsruhe has participated in a number of foreign missions participated:
- 08–12 / 1993 Operation Sharp Guard , embargo operation in the Adriatic
- 02–04 / 1994 Operation Southern Cross , repatriation of the German Somalia Support Association
- 12/1995-04/1996 Operation Sharp Guard
- 10 / 2001–02 / 2002 Operation Active Endeavor as part of the fight against terror in the Eastern Mediterranean
- 06–10 / 2002 Operation Enduring Freedom in the fight against terror based on Djibouti
- 03-09 / 2005 Operation Enduring Freedom
- 09 / 2006–03 / 2007 UNIFIL II , UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon
- 2008 2. Standing Naval Maritime Group SNMG2 of NATO in the Mediterranean and near east
- 12 / 2008–02 / 2009 Mission in the Gulf of Aden as part of the EU operation “Atalanta” to combat piracy off the Somali coast
- 08 / 2009–12 / 2009 Deployment in the Gulf of Aden as part of the EU operation “Atalanta” to combat piracy off the Somali coast
- 11 / 2012–04 / 2013 Operation in the Gulf of Aden as part of the EU operation “Atalanta” to combat piracy off the Somali coast
- 03 / 2016–06 / 2016 Mission in the Mediterranean EUNAVFOR MED "Operation Sophia" . Rescue of a total of 663 people from distress at sea.
- 06 / 2016–09 / 2016 Flagship of COM SNMG 2 . Handover of the function to the Dutch frigate De Ruyter on September 1, 2016. Arrival in Wilhelmshaven after 183 days of deployment on September 16, 2016.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Bundeswehr press release: Golden mission of an elderly lady , June 29, 2016, accessed on July 19, 2018.
- ^ Blasting attempts in the Baltic Sea off Damp postponed after criticism. Hamburger Abendblatt , April 16, 2018, accessed on April 25, 2018 .
- ^ Karlsruhe maritime ( memento from March 13, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ "Karlsruhe" takes over - new contingent leader at EU NAVFOR MED. Bundeswehr, March 31, 2016, accessed on March 31, 2016 .
- ↑ The German frigate FGS KARLSRUHE sails back home after more than 2 months. In: European Union - External Action. June 16, 2016, accessed June 16, 2016 .
- ^ Commander of the "Karlsruhe": "Unfortunately, we cannot be everywhere at the same time." In: www. Einsatz.bundeswehr.de. Retrieved September 19, 2016 .
- ↑ Interview with Admiral Klein: “The mission in the Aegean has had its effect.” In: www. Einsatz.bundeswehr.de. June 15, 2016, accessed June 16, 2016 .
- ↑ A staff moves - Part 1: From the "Karlsruhe" to the "De Ruyter". In: www. Einsatz.bundeswehr.de. Retrieved September 19, 2016 .
- ^ Frigate "Karlsruhe" returns from the last mission. In: www.marine.de. Retrieved September 19, 2016 .