Köln class frigate

F224 Lübeck in the Bay of Biscay

The ships of the F120 Köln class of frigates were the first major warships built in Germany after World war II.

They were the world's first ships to feature a combined diesel and gas propulsion system.

Specifications

*Length: 109.83 metres
*Beam: 11.02 metres
*Draft: 3.54 metres
*Displacement: 2969 metric tonnes
*Propulsion: combined diesel and gas:
**2 Brown Boveri & Cie gas turbines, 8832 kilowatts each
**4 MAN four-stroke diesel engines, 2208 kilowatts each
**2 propeller shafts driving three-bladed variable pitch propellers of 2.95 metres diameter
**For emergency power, the machinery could be overpowered to 120% for a limited time
*Maximum speed: 24 knots on diesel, 30 knots on gas, 34 knots with all engines
*Bunker: 361 cubic meters diesel fuel
*Range: 2700 nautical miles at 22 knots, 890 nautical miles at 29 knots
*Sensors:
**Navigation radar KH14/9
**Surveillance radar SGR105/04, SGR103/02
**Fire control radar MV2/3Du, M4/1Du, M5/1Du, M9/3Du
**Sonar CWE10 for guiding torpedoes
**Sonar PAE1A for guiding rocket thrower
*Armament:
**2 100mm/L55 METL 53 guns
**2 twin barreld 40mm/L70 Breda Mod 58 II MDL anti-aircraft guns
**2 single barreld 40mm/L70 Bofors Mod 58 anti-aircraft guns
**4 533mm torpedo tubes, Mark 44 torpedoes
**2 quadruple 375mm anti-submarine rocket thrower
**depth charges, mine-laying capacity
*Complement: 210â€"238

List of ships

Pen- nant	Name	Shipyard	Laid down	Launched	Com- missioned	Decom- missioned	Fate
F220	Köln	Stülcken & Sohn	April 15 1961	December 17 1982	used as hulk in Neustadt
F221	Emden	April 15 1958	March 21 1959	October 24 1961	June 30 1983	Sold to the Turkish Navy as D361 Gemlik, destroyed in a fire
F222	Augsburg	October 29 1958	August 15 1959	April 7 1962	March 30 1988	wrecked in Hamburg
F223	Karlsruhe	HDW	December 15 1958	October 24 1959	December 15 1962	March 28 1983	sold to the Turkish Navy as D360 Gelibolu
F224	Lübeck	June 6 1963	December 1 1988	sold to the Turkish Navy for cannibalization
F225	Braunschweig	July 28 1960	February 3 1962	June 16 1964	July 4 1989	sold as D361 Gemlik to the Turkish Navy, replaced ex-Emden

All ships were stationed as second frigate squadron in Wilhelmshaven.

See also

* List of frigates
* List of German Federal Navy ships
* List of naval ships of Germany
* List of naval ship classes of Germany
* Lists of ship launches in: 1959, 1962
* Lists of ship commissionings in: 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964
* Lists of ship decommissionings in: 1982, 1983, 1988, 1989