| F218 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders: | Blohm + Voss Howaldtswerke Nordseewerke Bremer Vulkan |
| Operators: |  German Navy |
| Preceded by: | Hamburg class destroyer |
| Completed: | 4 |
| Active: | Brandenburg Schleswig-Holstein Bayern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 4,900 tonnes |
| Length: | 138.9 metres (456 ft) |
| Beam: | 16.7 metres (55 ft) |
| Draft: | 6.8 metres (22 ft) |
| Propulsion: | CODOG (combined diesel or gas) two propeller shafts, controllable pitch propellers two MTU 20V 956 TB92 diesel-engines, 8.14 MW each two General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 38 MW each two Renk BGS 178 Lo gearboxes |
| Speed: | 29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph) |
| Range: | Over 4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km; 4,600 mi)at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Complement: | 200 sailors and 20 aircrewmen |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
One Thales LW08 air search D band radar one Thales SMART-S air/surface surveillance F band radar two Thales STIR 180 fire-control radar two Raytheon Redpath I band navigation radar one STN Atlas DSQS-23BZ hull-mounted sonar one STN Atlas LFASS towed array sonar to be fitted |
| Electronic warfare & decoys: |
1 EADS FL 1800S ECM suite two OTO-Melara SCLAR launcher four TKWA/MASS (Multi Ammunition Softkill System) decoy launcher (currently under procurement) |
| 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. |