Köln-class frigate

{{Short description|German frigate class}}

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|Ship caption=Emden in 1983

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|Name= Köln

|Builders=H. C. Stülcken Sohn, Hamburg

|Operators=*{{Navy|Germany}}

  • {{Navy|Turkey}}

|Class before=

|Class after={{sclass|Bremen|frigate|4}}

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|Cost=

|Built range=1957–1964

|In service range=

|In commission range=1961–1989

|Total ships building=

|Total ships planned=

|Total ships completed=6

|Total ships cancelled=

|Total ships active=

|Total ships laid up=1

|Total ships lost=

|Total ships retired=6

|Total ships preserved=

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|Header caption= Gardiner and Chumbley 1995, p. 144.

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|Ship type=Frigate

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|Ship displacement= 2090 tons standard, 2750 tons full load

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  • {{convert|105|m|ftin|abbr=on}} waterline
  • {{convert|109.80|m|ftin|abbr=on}} overall

|Ship beam={{convert|11|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

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|Ship draught={{convert|4.60|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|Ship power=

|Ship propulsion=

|Ship speed={{convert|32|kn}}

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  • {{Convert|3450|nmi
1}} at {{Convert|12|kn}},
  • {{Convert|900|nmi
  • 1}} at {{Convert|30|kn}}Prézelin and Baker 1990, p. 538.

    |Ship endurance=Bunker: 360 t

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    |Ship boats=

    |Ship complement=238

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    |Ship sensors=

    • Navigation radar KH14/9
    • Target designation radar DA-02
    • Surface search radar SGR103
    • Fire control radar M44, M45
    • Sonar PAE/CWE hull mounted medium frequency sonar

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    The ships of the F120 Köln class of frigates were the first major warships built in Germany after World War II.

    They were the world's first ships to feature a combined diesel and gas propulsion system. The ships received numerous refits during their long careers with new electronics and torpedo tubes. They were replaced by Type 122 frigates in the 1980s and four ships were sold to the Turkish Navy.

    List of ships

    class="wikitable"

    !Pen-
    nant

    !Name

    !Shipyard

    !Laid down

    !Launched

    !Com-
    missioned

    !Decom-
    missioned

    !Fate

    F220KölnStülcken & Sohn

    |21 December
    1957

    |6 December
    1958

    |15 April
    1961

    |17 December
    1982

    |Used as training hulk in Neustadt

    F221EmdenStülcken & Sohn

    |15 April
    1958

    |21 March
    1959

    |24 October
    1961

    |23 September
    1983

    |Sold to the Turkish Navy as TCG Gemlik (D-361); destroyed in a fire

    F222AugsburgStülcken & Sohn

    |29 October
    1958

    |15 August
    1959

    |7 April
    1962

    |30 March
    1988

    |Broken up in Hamburg

    F223KarlsruheStülcken & Sohn

    |15 December
    1958

    |15 August
    1959

    |15 December
    1962

    |28 March
    1983

    |sold to the Turkish Navy as TCG Gazi Osman Pasa (D-360); renamed Gelibolu 1984

    F224LübeckStülcken & Sohn

    |28 October
    1959

    |23 July
    1960

    |6 June
    1963

    |1 December
    1988

    |sold to the Turkish Navy for cannibalization

    F225BraunschweigStülcken & Sohn

    |28 July
    1960

    |3 February
    1962

    |16 June
    1964

    |4 July
    1989

    |sold for spare parts to the Turkish Navy, 1989, replaced TCG Gemlik (D-361) after fire on originally-named ship, 1992

    All ships were stationed as second frigate squadron in Wilhelmshaven.

    See also

    Citations

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    References

    • 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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