German frigate Karlsruhe (F223)#Construction and career
{{short description|Köln-class frigate of Bundesmarine}}
{{Other ships|German ship Karlsruhe}}
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}} {{Infobox ship image | Ship image = File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F040086-0026, Staatsbesuch König Olav V. von Norwegen.jpg | Ship caption = Karlsruhe in June 1973 }}{{Infobox ship career | Ship country = Germany | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|Germany|naval}} | Ship name = Karlsruhe | Ship namesake = Karlsruhe | Ship builder = H. C. Stülcken Sohn | Ship ordered = | Ship laid down =29 October 1958 | Ship launched =15 August 1959 | Ship commissioned =7 April 1962 | Ship decommissioned =28 March 1983 | Ship identification = *Pennant number: F223 | Ship honors = | Ship fate = Sold to Turkish Navy 1983 | Ship homeport = Wilhelmshaven | Ship badge = 100px }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = title | Ship country = Turkey | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|Turkey|naval}} | Ship name = Gazi Osman Pasa | Ship namesake = Gazi Osman Pasa | Ship renamed = Gelibolu, 1984 }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = yes | Ship namesake = Gelibolu | Ship ordered = | Ship laid down = | Ship launched = | Ship commissioned =28 March 1983 | Ship decommissioned =27 June 1994 | Ship identification = *Pennant number: D-360 | Ship honors = | Ship fate = Scrapped | Ship homeport = | Ship badge = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship type = {{sclass|Köln|frigate}} | Ship displacement = *2090 tons standard
| Ship length = *{{convert|105|m|ftin|abbr=on}} waterline
| Ship beam = {{convert|11|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship height = | Ship draught = {{convert|4.60|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship power = | Ship propulsion = *2 shaft CODAG
| Ship speed = {{convert|32|kn}} | Ship range = *{{Convert|3450|nmi |
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| 1}} at {{Convert|30|kn}}Prézelin and Baker 1990, p. 538.
| Ship endurance = Bunker: 360 t | Ship test depth = | Ship boats = | Ship complement = 238 | Ship time to activate = | Ship sensors = *Navigation radar KH14/9
| Ship EW = | Ship armament = *2 × single METL 100 mm guns
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Karlsruhe (F223) is the fourth ship of the {{sclass|Köln|frigate}}s of the German Navy.
Design
{{Main|Köln-class frigate}}
The Type 120 or Köln-class frigates were built as smooth-deckers and had very elegant lines. The very diagonally cut bow and the knuckle ribs in the foredeck made it easy to navigate. The hull and parts of the superstructure were made of shipbuilding steel, other superstructure parts were made of aluminum. Due to the installation of gas turbines, large side air inlets were necessary, which could be closed by lamellas. The stern was designed as a round stern. The large funnel was sloped and skirted. Behind the bridge superstructure stood the tall lattice mast with radar and other antennas. The hull was divided into 13 watertight compartments.{{Cite web|title=Type 120 Köln Koeln class Frigate German Navy|url=https://www.seaforces.org/marint/German-Navy/Frigate/Type-120-Koln-class.htm|access-date=2021-08-03|website=www.seaforces.org}}
On the forecastle was a 10 cm gun, behind it, set higher, a 4 cm twin gun. Behind it stood two quadruple anti-submarine missile launchers 37.5 cm from Bofors. A 4 cm Bofors single gun on each side of the aft superstructure and another 4 cm double mount at the end of the superstructure. There was a second 10 cm gun on the quarterdeck. In addition, there were two 53.3 cm torpedo tubes behind the front superstructures. They were used to fire Mk-44 torpedoes. Mine rails were laid behind the torpedo tubes and ran to the stern.
Construction and career
Karlsruhe was laid down on 29 October 1958 and launched on 15 August 1959 in Stülcken & Sohn, Germany. She was commissioned on 7 April 1962.Gardiner and Chumbley 1995, p. 144.
The Karlsruhe was sold to Turkish Navy after active service in the German Navy, and, since 28 March 1983, it sailed there under the Turkish flag as the destroyer Gazi Osman Pasa with the identification D-360.
In 1984, it was renamed Gelibolu but kept the Identification D-360. Her last decommissioning took place on 27 June 1994.
Gallery
File:1988 Bucht von Izmir D360 Gelibolu ex-F223 Karlsruhe.jpg|Gelibolu in 1988
References
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- Gardiner, Robert and Stephen Chumbley. Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press, 1995. {{ISBN|1-55750-132-7}}.
- Prézelin, Bernard and A.D. Baker III. The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World 1990/1991. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press, 1990. {{ISBN|0-87021-250-8}}.
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