MEKO 100

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ThyssenKrupp logo Thyssenkrupp MEKO 100 class
Pahang F-172
Pahang F-172
Overview
Type Patrol ship , corvette
units MalaysiaMalaysia Malaysia
6 × MEKO 100 ( Kedah class )

GermanyGermany Germany

5 × Corvette K130 class

Total built: 11

Shipyard

Blohm + Voss , Hamburg
HDW , Kiel
PSC-Marinewerft, Perak , Malaysia

Order Since 2006
delivery Since 2008
period of service

Since 2008

Technical specifications
Data

See individual subclass

The MEKO 100 class is a warship class from the German ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems AG based on the MEKO ship series .

history

The class was developed according to the MEKO 200 series to meet the requirements of various navies for small, powerful ships. Like all ships in the MEKO series, the MEKO 100 has a modular structure so that it can be customized. The ships are internationally known as Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV), i.e. a large patrol ship , or, depending on the equipment, also called a corvette .

The ships of the MEKO 100 class are built in such a way that they have a small radar signature, are as quiet as possible and have low fuel consumption. Technology is used for automation and fully automatic control of all ship systems such as machines and for ship safety . This also includes multiple redundant systems.

In 2006 the contract for the first six ships of the Kedah class for Malaysia was signed. The first two ships were built at the Blohm + Voss , Hamburg and HDW , Kiel shipyards. The rest are to be built in Malaysia. The German corvettes of the K130 class are also based on this design. A further development is the MEKO A-100 class for Poland , which should be built from 2011.

variants

MEKO 100 RMN

The contract for ships of the MEKO 100 RMN or Kedah class was concluded with Malaysia in 2006. The first two ships were built by Blohm + Voss , Hamburg and HDW in Kiel , four more have been in the PSC marine shipyard in Malaysia since 2008. built.

The ships were built to replace smaller and older Malaysian Navy patrol boats . For this purpose, the “ Next Generation Patrol Vessel (NGPV)” program was started in 1996. Five designs were in the final selection, one from the Australian Transfield Group, one from the British VT Group , one from the also British shipyard Yarrow and the winner, the MEKO 200 design from the German Naval Group (GNG) , today's ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems AG .

A contract for six ships was signed, with the Malaysian shipyard PSC-Naval Dockyard as the main contractor and GNG as a subcontractor. Four ships were to be built in Malaysia. In addition, the contract agreed to build 21 additional patrol boats within ten years. This part of the contract is worth 5 billion euros.

The construction of the four ships at the Malaysian shipyard was initially delayed by technical problems. The first ship, the Kedah , was not accepted by the Navy due to programming errors. Those responsible on the Malaysian side have been replaced by the government.

The Kedah was not put into service until June 2006, which meant a delay of 18 months. The Pahang was put into service in August 2006 and the Perak on November 12, 2007. The Terengganu was launched on December 6, 2007. The delays could be made up and the Malaysian government decided to continue with the construction of the 21 more ships.

Technical specifications

Ship units

Ship number Surname Keel laying shipyard Launch In service
F171 KD Kedah November 13, 2001 Blohm + Voss March 21, 2003 June 5, 2006
F172 KD Pahang December 21, 2001 HDW October 2, 2003 August 3, 2006
F173 KD Perak March 2002 PSC Naval Dockyard November 12, 2007 June 3, 2009
F174 KD Terengganu August 2004 PSC Naval Dockyard December 6, 2007 December 8, 2009
F175 KD Kelantan July 2005 PSC Naval Dockyard November 24, 2008 May 8, 2010
F176 KD Selangor July 2006 PSC Naval Dockyard July 23, 2009 December 28, 2010

Corvette K130

Corvette Magdeburg (F 261) of class K130

The new corvettes of the Braunschweig class of the Bundeswehr were also built from the MEKO 100 concept. A total of five ships have been ordered, which have been built since December 2004 and delivered since 2008. The ships, as they are geared towards combat missions, are more armed than the Malaysian ships and are therefore also classified as corvettes.

MEKO A-100

Shipyard model of the Gawron class (Project 621)

The Polish Navy had ordered four MEKO A-100 class corvettes, which were to be built as Gawron class (Corvette project 621) at the Gdynia naval shipyard . The ships should be delivered according to the original plan 2011-2012, up to seven units were planned.

Due to the financial crisis and the associated restrictions in the Polish state budget, the order was therefore initially postponed to two units. The already largely completed hull of the first ship was converted into a deep sea patrol boat . The launch of the first ship, the ORP Ślązak ("Schlesier"), took place in 2015.

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b " Reference list of marine surface ships ( Memento from May 30, 2009 in the Internet Archive )", ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, September 2008, accessed November 27, 2008
  2. ^ " The MEKO A ships ", deagle.com, November 22, 2008, accessed November 27, 2008
  3. ↑ globaldefence.net: Poland: End of the “Gawron” project , accessed on April 10, 2012.
  4. ↑ Polish Navy: Christening of a new corvette (with photos of the ship before it was launched), accessed on April 12, 2016.