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     F-211 Köln     
Country: Germany Germany
Class, [Type]: Type 122A, [FF].
Builder: Blohm + Voss / Bremer Vulcan, Germany.
Launch date: 29 May 1981.
Commission date: 19 October 1984.
Decommission date: 31 July 2012.

Displacement ( tons ): 2.950 standard, 3.600 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 130 x 14,5 x 6,5
Main machinery: CODOG: 2 x GE LM 2500 gas turbines ( 51.000 hp ), 2 x MTU 20V 956 TB92 diesels ( 11.070 hp ).
Speed ( knots ): 30; 20 on diesels.
Range ( miles ): 4.000 at 18 knots.
Complement: 219 ( 18 for the embarked air unit ).

Guns: 1 x OTO Melara 76mm/62 Mk75, 2 x Rheinmetall Rh-202 20mm/90.
Missiles:  SSM: 8 x McDonnell Douglas Harpoon, in two cuadruple mountings; SAM: 16 x Raytheon Sea Sparrow, with an octuple Mk29 launcher. 2 x GDC RAM, 21 cells.
Torpedoes: 4 x 324mm Mk 32 Mod. 9 tubes, in two double mountings. 8 x Honeywell Mk 46 Mod 5.

Radar: Air/Surface: 1 x EADS TRS-3D/32 3-D; Navigation: 1 x SMA 3RM 20, I band; Fire Control: 1 x Thales WM-25 and 1 x Thales STIR-18, I band.
Sonar: Atlas Elektronic DSQS 21BX(BO), hull mounted, with active search and attack modes, low frequency.
Countermeasures: Decoys: 4 x Loral Hycor SRBOC; Towed torpedo decoy SLQ 25 Nixie; Prairie Masker ( hull/blades noise supressor ); ESM/ECM: EADS FL-1800S Stage II ( radar warning and jammer ).
Helicopter: 2 x Sea Lynx Mk 88 or 88A.

Callsign: DRAU ( Delta Romeo Alfa Uniform )
Homeport: Wilhemshaven.
Unit: 4th Frigate Squadron.

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