German frigate Lübeck (F224)
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 Lubeck in the Bay of Biscay, 1975 |
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| Career (Germany) |  |
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| Name: | Lubeck |
| Builder: | HC Stülcken & Sohn |
| Commissioned: | 6 June 1963 |
| Decommissioned: | 1 December 1988 |
| Fate: | Sold to Turkey for cannibalization |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Köln-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 2,969 long tons (3,017 t) |
| Length: | 109.8 m (360 ft 3 in) |
| Beam: | 11 m (36 ft 1 in) |
| Draft: | 3.5 m (11 ft 6 in) |
| Propulsion: | CODAG 2 × gas turbines 8,832 kW (11,844 hp) each 4 × diesel engines 2,208 kW (2,961 hp) each |
| Speed: | 34 knots (39 mph; 63 km/h) maximum 24 knots (28 mph; 44 km/h) cruise on diesel |
| Range: | 2,700 nmi (5,000 km) at 22 kn (25 mph; 41 km/h) 890 nmi (1,650 km) at 29 kn (33 mph; 54 km/h) |
| Complement: | 210 to 238 |
| Armament: | • 2 × 100 mm/55 caliber METL 53 guns • 2 × twin 40 mm / 70 caliber Breda Mod 58 II MDL AA guns • 2 × 40 mm / 70 caliber Bofors Mod 58 AA guns • 4 × 533 mm torpedo tubes with Mark 44 torpedoes • 2 × quad 375 mm anti-submarine rocket launchers • Depth charges • Mines |
German frigate Lübeck was a Köln-class frigate which served in the German Federal Navy (Bundesmarine) from 1963 through 1988.
