North Rhine-Westphalia (F 223)
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| North Rhine-Westphalia (F 223) | |
| Baden-Württemberg class | |
 The F 223 from Hamburg, on the Elbe |
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| Overview | |
| Type | frigate |
| Shipyard |
Lürssen , Bremen |
| Keel laying | October 24, 2012 |
| Launch | April 9, 2015 |
| Namesake | State of North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Commissioning | June 10, 2020 |
| home port | Wilhelmshaven |
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| For technical data see frigate F125 | |
| Identifier |
F 223 |
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The North Rhine-Westphalia is a frigate of the German Navy and the second unit of the Baden-Württemberg class , also known as the F 125 class. The warship, named after the state of North Rhine-Westphalia , is the first unit of this name in a German navy, although there have already been ships with the names of parts of the current state (see SMS Rheinland and SMS Westfalen ) .
history
The North Rhine-Westphalia was laid on October 24, 2012 in cooperation between ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems and the Lürssen shipyard group in Bremen . The ceremonial christening took place on April 16, 2015 in Hamburg by the North Rhine-Westphalian Prime Minister Hannelore Kraft . The predecessor ship in the sponsorship of North Rhine-Westphalia is the destroyer Mölders, which was decommissioned in 2003 . The commissioning and handover to the 4th frigate squadron took place on June 10, 2020 in Wilhelmshaven. On July 4, 2016, frigate captain Stefan Schulz was given command of the “Charlie” class of the F 125 class.
From January 27 to February 4, 2017, North Rhine-Westphalia carried out the first shipyard test run. On September 1, 2017, the frigate moved for the first time from the shipyard to the home port at the Wilhelmshaven naval base. On July 24, 2019, there was an accident in which a crane from a civil company damaged the antenna mast of the frigate. On March 5, 2020, the frigate was handed over to the Federal Office for Equipment, Information Technology and Use of the Bundeswehr and was officially put into service on June 10, 2020 in the presence of the North Rhine-Westphalian Prime Minister Armin Laschet .
Web links
- Bundeswehr new frigate NRW put into service ( YouTube video, June 15, 2020)
- Friends of the frigate of North Rhine-Westphalia
Individual evidence
- ^ Frank Behling: Frigate "North Rhine-Westphalia" christened. Kieler Nachrichten , April 16, 2015, accessed on July 4, 2015 .
- ↑ Double change - crew "Charlie" and the teaching group A of the naval non-commissioned officer school are listening to a new command. In: www.marine.de. Retrieved August 24, 2016 .
- ↑ Test run successful. Retrieved February 22, 2016 .
- ↑ Video: The frigate entered the home port for the first time. Wilhelmshavener Zeitung, September 2, 2017, accessed on September 9, 2017 .
- ↑ T.Wiegold: New problem with F125 frigate: Crane shaved antenna mast. In: eyes straight ahead! August 1, 2019, accessed February 24, 2020 .
- ↑ Anzeiger für Harlingerland from March 6, 2020 p. 10