Braunschweig-class corvette
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Name | Lübeck |
Namesake | Lübeck |
Ordered | September 2017 |
Builder | Lürssen-Werft, Bremen |
Cost | €400 million |
Laid down | 15 March 2022 |
Commissioned | Expected, 2025 |
Identification | Pennant number: F269 |
Status | Under construction |
General characteristics | |
Type | Braunschweig-class corvette |
Displacement | 1,840 tonnes (1,810 long tons) |
Length | 89.12 m (292 ft 5 in) |
Beam | 13.28 m (43 ft 7 in) |
Draft | 3.4 m (11 ft 2 in) |
Propulsion | 2 MTU 20V 1163 TB 93 diesel engines producing 14.8MW, driving two controllable-pitch propellers. |
Speed | 26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph) |
Range | 4,000 nmi (7,400 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) [1] |
Endurance | 7 days; 21 days with tender |
Complement | 65 : 1 commander, 10 officers, 16 chief petty officers, 38 enlisted |
Sensors and processing systems | |
Electronic warfare & decoys |
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Armament |
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Aircraft carried | Helicopter pad and hangar for two Saab Skeldar |
Lübeck (F269) is the tenth ship of the Braunschweig-class corvette of the German Navy.
The K130 Braunschweig class (sometimes Korvette 130) is Germany's newest class of ocean-going corvettes. Five ships have replaced the Gepard-class fast attack craft of the German Navy.
They feature reduced radar and infrared signatures (" stealth" beyond the Sachsen-class frigates) and will be equipped with two helicopter UAVs for remote sensing. Recently, the German Navy ordered a first batch of two UMS Skeldar V-200 systems for the use on the Braunschweig-class corvettes. [2] The hangar is too small for standard helicopters, but the pad is large enough for Sea Kings, Lynx, or NH-90s, the helicopters of the German Navy.
The German Navy has ordered the RBS-15 Mk4 in advance, which will be a future development of the Mk3 with increased range —400 km (250 mi)— and a dual seeker for increased resistance to electronic countermeasures. [3] The RBS-15 Mk3 has the capability to engage land targets. [4]
In October 2016 it was announced that a second batch of five more frigates is to be procured from 2022 to 2025. [5] The decision was in response to NATO requirements expecting Germany to provide a total of four corvettes at the highest readiness level for littoral operations by 2018, and with only five corvettes just two can be provided. [6]
In September 2017, the German Navy commissioned the construction of five more corvettes in a consortium of North German shipyards. Lürssen will be the main contractor in the production of the vessels. The contract is worth around 2 billion euros. [7] [8] In April 2018, the German government announced the specific arrangements under which the five new K130s would be built. [9] [10]
Lübeck's construction started in 2020 and later laid down in December 2020 by Lürssen-Werft in Bremen.
Braunschweig-class corvette
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History | |
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![]() | |
Name | Lübeck |
Namesake | Lübeck |
Ordered | September 2017 |
Builder | Lürssen-Werft, Bremen |
Cost | €400 million |
Laid down | 15 March 2022 |
Commissioned | Expected, 2025 |
Identification | Pennant number: F269 |
Status | Under construction |
General characteristics | |
Type | Braunschweig-class corvette |
Displacement | 1,840 tonnes (1,810 long tons) |
Length | 89.12 m (292 ft 5 in) |
Beam | 13.28 m (43 ft 7 in) |
Draft | 3.4 m (11 ft 2 in) |
Propulsion | 2 MTU 20V 1163 TB 93 diesel engines producing 14.8MW, driving two controllable-pitch propellers. |
Speed | 26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph) |
Range | 4,000 nmi (7,400 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) [1] |
Endurance | 7 days; 21 days with tender |
Complement | 65 : 1 commander, 10 officers, 16 chief petty officers, 38 enlisted |
Sensors and processing systems | |
Electronic warfare & decoys |
|
Armament |
|
Aircraft carried | Helicopter pad and hangar for two Saab Skeldar |
Lübeck (F269) is the tenth ship of the Braunschweig-class corvette of the German Navy.
The K130 Braunschweig class (sometimes Korvette 130) is Germany's newest class of ocean-going corvettes. Five ships have replaced the Gepard-class fast attack craft of the German Navy.
They feature reduced radar and infrared signatures (" stealth" beyond the Sachsen-class frigates) and will be equipped with two helicopter UAVs for remote sensing. Recently, the German Navy ordered a first batch of two UMS Skeldar V-200 systems for the use on the Braunschweig-class corvettes. [2] The hangar is too small for standard helicopters, but the pad is large enough for Sea Kings, Lynx, or NH-90s, the helicopters of the German Navy.
The German Navy has ordered the RBS-15 Mk4 in advance, which will be a future development of the Mk3 with increased range —400 km (250 mi)— and a dual seeker for increased resistance to electronic countermeasures. [3] The RBS-15 Mk3 has the capability to engage land targets. [4]
In October 2016 it was announced that a second batch of five more frigates is to be procured from 2022 to 2025. [5] The decision was in response to NATO requirements expecting Germany to provide a total of four corvettes at the highest readiness level for littoral operations by 2018, and with only five corvettes just two can be provided. [6]
In September 2017, the German Navy commissioned the construction of five more corvettes in a consortium of North German shipyards. Lürssen will be the main contractor in the production of the vessels. The contract is worth around 2 billion euros. [7] [8] In April 2018, the German government announced the specific arrangements under which the five new K130s would be built. [9] [10]
Lübeck's construction started in 2020 and later laid down in December 2020 by Lürssen-Werft in Bremen.