Frankenthal-class minehunter

Frankenthal class

M1064 Grömitz, already equipped with the MLG 27
Class overview
Builders	Lürssen Abeking & Rasmussen Krögerwerft
Operators	German Navy United Arab Emirates Navy Turkish Navy
Preceded by	Template:Sclass-
Subclasses	Template:Sclass2-
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	2 × MTU 16V 538 TB91 diesel-engines, 2040 kW each 2 × electric motors for slow and silent maneuvering 2 × Renk PLS 25 E gearboxes 2 × controllable pitch propellers
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	2 × TKWA/MASS (Multi Ammunition Softkill System) decoy launchers (currently under procurement) 2 × Barricade chaff and flare launcher
Armament	1 × Bofors 40 mm/L70 dual purpose gun (currently upgrading to 1 × MLG 27 27 mm autocannon) 2 FIM-92 Stinger MANPADS surface-to-air missile 2 × Pinguin B3 mine hunting ROVs Mine laying capabilities
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 Template:Sclass-, but the equipment differs.

Slightly modified Frankenthal-class minehunters are also operated by the Turkish Navy, where they are referred to as the Template:Sclass2-.

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).

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.

Pennant Number	Name	Call sign	Shipyard	Commissioned	Decommissioned
M1066	Frankenthal	DREY	Lürssen	16 December 1992	Sold to UAE (now M02 Al Murjan)
M1060	Weiden	DRES	Abeking & Rasmussen	3 March 1993	Sold to UAE (now M01 Al Hasbah)
M1061	Rottweil	DRET	Krögerwerft	7 July 1993	Refitted to be used with the SEK-M
M1063	Bad Bevensen	DREV	Lürssen	9 December 1993
M1067	Bad Rappenau	DREZ	Abeking & Rasmussen	19 April 1994
M1064	Grömitz	DREW	Krögerwerft	23 August 1994
M1068	Datteln	DRFA	Lürssen	8 December 1994
M1065	Dillingen	DREX	Abeking & Rasmussen	25 April 1995
M1069	Homburg	DRFB	Krögerwerft	26 September 1995
M1062	Sulzbach-Rosenberg	DREU	Lürssen	23 January 1996
M1058	Fulda	DRFC		5 June 1998
M1059	Weilheim	DRFD		26 November 1998

Gallery

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  M1064 Grömitz
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  M1063 Bad Bevensen at the Kiel Week 2007
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  A Pinguin B3 mine-hunting ROV

External links

• naval-technology.com