Frankenthal-class minehunter

Frankenthal class
M1064 Grömitz, already equipped with the MLG 27
Class overview
Builders:
Operators:
Preceded by: Hameln-class minesweeper
Subclasses: A class
In commission: 1992-1998
Planned: 12
Completed: 12
Active: 9
Retired: 3
General characteristics
Type: Minehunter
Displacement: 650 t
Length: 54.4 m (178 ft)
Beam: 9.2 m (30 ft)
Draft: 2.6 m (8 ft 6 in)
Propulsion:
Speed: 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement: 41
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • 1 × hull mounted DSQS-11A mine hunting sonar
  • DRBN 32 navigation radar
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
Armament:
Notes:
  • mine diver equipment, decompression chamber
  • crane

The Type 332 Frankenthal-class mine hunter is a class of German mine hunters. The ships are built of non-magnetic steel. Hull, machinery and superstructure of this class is similar to the original Type 343 Hameln-class minesweeper, but the equipment differs.

Slightly modified Frankenthal-class minehunters are also operated by the Turkish Navy, where they are referred to as the A class.

List of German ships

All active ships are currently stationed in Kiel at the Baltic Sea. M1058, M1059, M1062, M1065 and M1069 are part of the 3. Minensuchgeschwader (3. mine sweeper squadron). The others belong to 5. Minensuchgeschwader. M1060 Weiden was sold to United Arab Emirates in 2006. As the German Navy closed the naval base at Olpenitz, all ships were relocated to Kiel and their squadrons incorporated into the Einsatzflottille 1 (Flotilla 1).[1]

On 21 February 2007, Grömitz ran onto a reef in the Floro fjord while on tour in western Norway and remained stranded in a spectacular way until being salvaged.[2]

Pennant
Number		 Name Call
sign		 Shipyard Commissioned Decommissioned
M1066FrankenthalDREYLürssen16 December 1992Sold to UAE (now M02 Al Murjan)
M1060WeidenDRESAbeking & Rasmussen3 March 1993Sold to UAE (now M01 Al Hasbah)
M1061RottweilDRETKrögerwerft7 July 1993Refitted to be used with the SEK-M
M1063Bad BevensenDREVLürssen9 December 1993
M1067Bad RappenauDREZAbeking & Rasmussen19 April 1994Refitted to be used with the SEK-M
M1064GrömitzDREWKrögerwerft23 August 1994
M1068DattelnDRFALürssen8 December 1994
M1065DillingenDREXAbeking & Rasmussen25 April 1995
M1069HomburgDRFBKrögerwerft26 September 1995
M1062Sulzbach-RosenbergDREULürssen23 January 1996
M1058FuldaDRFC5 June 1998
M1059WeilheimDRFD26 November 1998

References

  1. ↑ "Minenjagdboot FRANKENTHAL-Klasse". Deutsche Marine. Retrieved 4 August 2008.
  2. ↑ Image
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