German frigate Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in the German Bight, 2004
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History | |
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Name | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
Builder | Bremer Vulkan, Bremen-Vegesack |
Laid down | 23 November 1993 |
Launched | 23 February 1995 |
Commissioned | 6 December 1996 |
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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 ASW torpedoes, or air-to-surface missiles Sea Skua , and a heavy machine gun. |
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (F218) is a Brandenburg-class frigate of the German Navy.
Construction and commissioning
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and the three other frigates of the
Service
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern deployed several times as part of
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern resumed her work with Operation Enduring Freedom between November 2004 and April 2005, serving as the flagship for Flotilla Admiral Henning Hoops as commander of Combined Task Force 150. From November 2005 to May 2006 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern was part of in the Standing NATO Maritime Group 1, and for a time was the flagship of the Group's commander, German Commodore Wolfgang Kalahl and his international staff until the end of January 2006. SNMG 1 was integrated into Operation Active Endeavour at this time. In 2006 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern became the flagship of Andreas Krause, Commander in Chief of the Maritime Task Force supporting the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon off the Lebanese coast.[3][4] Mecklenburg-Vorpommern redeployed with Operation Enduring Freedom off the Horn of Africa once more between November 2008 and May 2009. From January to April she served as flagship of the Combined Task Force 150 under Flotilla Admiral Rainer Brinkmann.[5]
On 28 November 2008, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern dispatched a helicopter to rescue three crew members from a Liberian-registered chemical tanker
On 11 February 2014 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern deployed from Wilhelmshaven with the frigates
On 16 August 2016 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern left Wilhelmshaven to participate in the
References
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- ^ "Libanon-Einsatz: Fregatten "Mecklenburg-Vorpommern" und "Karlsruhe" machen sich bereit". Spiegel Online (in German). 31 August 2006. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
- ^ Frank Ilse (22 September 2006). ""Macht's gut" - Abschied mit Wehmut und ein wenig Stolz". abendblatt.de (in German). Retrieved 30 October 2016.
- ^ "Deutsche Fregatte wird Führungsschiff am Horn von Afrika". presseportal.de (in German). Presse- und Informationszentrum Marine. 29 October 2008. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ "German Frigate Chases Off Pirates". Der Spiegel. Spiegel Online International. 5 December 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
- ^ Frank Bötel (13 December 2008). "Piratenangriffe: Fregatte leistet Nothilfe" (in German). Einsatzführungskommando. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
- ^ Presse- und Informationszentrum Marine (11 February 2014). "Einsatz- und Ausbildungsverband 2014 sticht in See" (in German). Bundeswehr. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
- ^ "Fregatte nach Kollision stark beschädigt" (in German). NDR Online. 9 December 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
- ^ "Nach dem Training in den Einsatz – Fregatte "Mecklenburg-Vorpommern" verlässt Heimathafen". marine.de (in German). Retrieved 24 August 2016.
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- ^ "Fregatte "Mecklenburg-Vorpommern" im Kampf gegen Schleusernetzwerke". Presseportal (in German). 2 August 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
- ^ "Kein Anfänger im Mittelmeer: Fregatte "Mecklenburg-Vorpommern" wieder im Einsatz" (in German). 17 August 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
- ^ "Operation Sophia: Fregatte "Mecklenburg-Vorpommern" rettet 134 Menschen aus Seenot" (in German). 14 September 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
- ^ "Seenotrettung im Mittelmeer - Einsatz für die "Mecklenburg Vorpommern"" (in German). 25 October 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
- ^ "Operation Sophia: Geburt auf der Fregatte "Mecklenburg-Vorpommern"" (in German). 3 November 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
- ^ Matthias Gebauer (25 November 2017). "Provokation gegen Bundeswehr-Schiff: Libyen entschuldigt sich für aggressives See-Manöver". Spiegel Online (in German). Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ "German frigate Mecklenburg-Vorpommern wraps up operation Sophia deployment". navaltoday.com. 23 January 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.