Brandenburg in 2013
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History | |
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Germany | |
Name | Brandenburg |
Builder | Blohm+Voss, Hamburg |
Laid down | 11 February 1992 |
Launched | 28 August 1992 |
Commissioned | 14 October 1994 |
Identification |
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Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Brandenburg-class frigate |
Displacement | 3,600 tons (4,490t full load)[1] |
Length | 138.85 metres (455.5 ft)[1] |
Beam | 16.7 metres (55 ft)[1] |
Draught | 4.35 metres (14.3 ft) (6.3 metres (21 ft) over sonar)[1] |
Propulsion |
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Speed | >29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph)[1] |
Range | 4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km; 4,600 mi)at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)[1] |
Complement | 26 officers, 193 enlisted[1] |
Sensors and processing systems | |
Electronic warfare & decoys |
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Armament |
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Aircraft carried | Two Sea Lynx helicopters equipped with ASW torpedoes, or air-to-surface missiles Sea Skua, and a heavy machine gun. |
Brandenburg is a Brandenburg-class frigate of the German Navy, and the lead ship of her class.