German frigate Sachsen
Sachsen at Wilhelmshaven in 2017
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History | |
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Name | Sachsen |
Builder | Blohm+Voss, Hamburg |
Laid down | 1 February 1999 |
Launched | 20 January 2001 |
Commissioned | 4 November 2004 |
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Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Sachsen-class frigate |
Displacement | 5,800 tonnes |
Length | 143 m (469 ft) |
Beam | 17.44 m (57.2 ft) |
Draught | 6 m (20 ft) |
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Speed | 29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph) |
Range | 4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi)+ at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Complement | 230 crew + 13 aircrew |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys |
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Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 2 NH90 helicopters equipped with torpedoes, air-to-surface missiles Sea Skua , and/or heavy machine gun. |
Sachsen is a Sachsen-class frigate of the German Navy, the lead ship of her class.
Construction and commissioning
Built by Blohm+Voss, Hamburg, Sachsen was the first of the Sachsen class to be launched and then commissioned into the German Navy. She is based at Wilhelmshaven, initially as part of 1. Fregattengeschwader with the other ships of the Sachsen class, and from 9 January 2005 as part of the 2. Fregattengeschwader, which itself became part of the new Einsatzflottille 2 on 27 June 2005.[3]
Service
In August 2004, Sachsen completed a series of live missile firings at the Point Mugu missile launch range off the coast of California that included a total of 11
Sachsen deployed from
On 21 June 2018, Sachsen was operating with
References
- ^ "Fregatte Sachsen besitzt wieder ein Flugabwehrsystem". presseportal.de (in German). Retrieved 8 December 2023.
- ^ "The Sachsen class frigates".
- ^ "Fregatte "Sachsen"-Klasse (124)" (in German). marine.de. 11 January 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- ^ Lok, Joris Janssen (October 2005). "Live firing tests rewrite the guiding principles". Jane's Navy International. 110: 38–40.
- ^ Kaylor, N. C. (13 March 2007). "CCSG 12 Visits FGS Sachsen". US Navy. Archived from the original on 22 January 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
- ^ ""Sachsen" erstmals zum "Atalanta"-Einsatz unterwegs". WZ online (in German). Wilhelmshavener Zeitung . 24 July 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- ^ Presse- und Informationszentrum Marine (2015-10-09). "Fregatte Sachsen bei Trident Juncture". marine.de (in German). Bundeswehr. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- ^ "NATO-Großübung Trident Juncture". marine.de (in German). 6 October 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- ^ "Berichte aus dem NATO-Verband". marine.de (in German). Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- ^ "NATO-Einsatz in der Ägäis: Neues Flaggschiff, neuer Kommandeur". bundeswehr.de (in German). Retrieved 31 December 2016.
- ^ "Fregatte "Sachsen" auf dem Weg ins Mittelmeer". marine.de (in German). 5 January 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
- ^ LaGrone, Sam (27 June 2018). "VIDEO: Missile Explodes During German Frigate Training Exercise; Incident Similar to 2015 U.S. Navy Explosion". USNI News. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ^ Mizokami, Kyle (27 June 2018). "A German Warship Was Scorched By Its Own Missile". Popular Mechanics. Archived from the original on June 28, 2018.
A German air defense frigate was damaged in a missile-firing incident off the Norwegian coast last week. A SM-2 missile somehow became trapped in its launcher, and the resulting rocket exhaust inflicted serious damage to the ship's bow. Two German Navy sailors were injured in the incident. Since the incident the FGS Sachsen has sailed without MK41vls. The system was badly damaged and has not been replaced yet.
External links
Media related to F219 Sachsen (ship, 2004) at Wikimedia Commons