German frigate Karlsruhe (F212)

Karlsruhe in Kiel in August 2013
History
Germany
Name	Karlsruhe
Builder	Howaldtswerke, Kiel
Laid down	10 March 1981
Launched	8 January 1982
Commissioned	19 April 1984
Decommissioned	16 June 2017
Identification	Pennant number: F212 MMSI number: 211210270 Call sign: DRAV
Status	Laid up, to get sunk. https://www.kn-online.de/schleswig-holstein/fregatte-karlsruhe-wird-auf-der-ostsee-vor-schleswig-holstein-gesprengt-IYNQNFN6SBG5XIIWVXWHDA3JRY.html
General characteristics
Class and type	Bremen-class frigate
Displacement	3,680 tonnes (3,620 long tons)
Length	130.50 m (428 ft 2 in)
Beam	14.60 m (47 ft 11 in)
Draft	6.30 m (20 ft 8 in)
Installed power	CODOG (Combined diesel or gas) 2 × MTU 20V956 TB92 diesel engines, 8.14 MW (10,920 hp) total 2 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 38 MW (51,000 hp) total 2 × Renk STG 150-50 gearboxes, 10:1 (diesel) and 720:47 (turbine) 4 × Deutz MWM diesel-generators, 750 kW (1,010 hp)
Propulsion	2 × propeller shafts, controllable pitch, five-bladed Sulzer-Escher propellers
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h)
Range	more than 4,000 nmi (7,400 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement	202 crew plus 20 aviation
Sensors and processing systems	1 × EADS TRS-3D air search radar (three-dimensional) 1 × WM 25 combined surface search and fire control radar I/J band 1 × Thales Nederland STIR 180 fire-control radar I/J/K band 1 × Kelvin Hughes Nucleus 5000 I band navigation radar 1 × STN Atlas DSQS-23BZ hull-mounted sonar
Electronic warfare & decoys	ESM/ECM EADS FL 1800S 2 × SCLAR decoys SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy
Armament	Naval guns: 1 × OTO-Melara 76 mm dual-purpose gun 2 × Mauser MLG27 27 mm autocannons Antiaircraft warfare: 1 × 8-cell launch system, 16 × Sea Sparrow surface to air missiles CIWS: 2 × MK 49 launcher, 21 × RAM each Anti-ship missiles: 2 × quadruple Harpoon anti-ship missile launchers Antisubmarine warfare: 2 × Mark 32 324-mm twin torpedo launchers, 8 × DM4A1 or Mark 46 torpedo
Aircraft carried	Place for 2 Sea Lynx Mk.88A helicopters equipped with torpedoes, air-to-surface missiles Sea Skua, and/or heavy machine gun.

Karlsruhe was a Bremen-class frigate of the German Navy. She was the sixth ship of the class to enter service, and the fifth ship to serve with one of the navies of Germany to be named after the city of Karlsruhe, in Baden-Württemberg. She is currently laid up, pending disposal as a trials and target ship.