F126 frigate
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders | Blohm + Voss/Damen Shipyards Group |
| Operators |  German Navy |
| Preceded by | Baden-Württemberg-class frigate |
| In commission | 2027 |
| Planned | 4+2 |
| General characteristics (Note that the final design may differ) | |
| Type | Frigate |
| Displacement | 9,000 tonnes |
| Length | 155 m (508 ft 6 in) |
| Complement | standard crew: 110 |
Mks 180 (Mehrzweckkampfschiff 180) is a planned frigate class for the Germany Navy. The ships are to be the largest surface warships to join the German Navy since World War II. The first ship is planned to be commissioned by 2027.
Development and orders
First studies for larger future surface ships was presented in 2009. Eight ships was planned to join the navy by yearly 2020s and then be avaible to the 2050s. The ships was to be modular ships being able to handle different kind of missions.[1] By 2015 the number of ships had been cut to six ships with four of them being ready by 2023 at a cost of around 4 billion Euros.[2] In January 2020 after a five year long tender the Dutch Damen Group won the construction deal, although the ships will be constructed in the Blohm + Voss shipyard in Hamburg, Germany.[3] The contract was signed on June 17, 2020.[4] On June, 2020 the German defence ministry officaly cleared 6 billion Euros in the defence budget for the first four ships with the first ship planned to be finished by 2027.[5]
References
- ^ http://www.dmkn.de/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Seiten-aus-MF-13-11-2-MKS.pdf
- ^ "ZEIT ONLINE | Lesen Sie zeit.de mit Werbung oder imPUR-Abo. Sie haben die Wahl". www.zeit.de.
- ^ "Marine: Niederländische Damen-Werft erhält Zuschlag für Mehrzweckkampfschiff". www.handelsblatt.com.
- ^ "Damen leading role for German Navy's MKS 180 frigate project". June 19, 2020.
- ^ "Bundestag awards €6 billion for German Navy's four MKS 180 ships". June 18, 2020.