1961    

DE F 120 Köln class



Frigate

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Frigate F 120 Köln class



First major warships built in Germany after World War II.



  Specifications


238crew
2750full load (tn)
105length (m)
11beam (m)
4.60draught (m)
2700range (nm)
34max speed (knots)

4Naval Engine diesel
2Naval Engine gas turbine - Brown Boveri & Cie
2Naval Engine propulsion system: CODAG

2Naval Gun Creusot-Loire 100 mm
2Naval Gun single 40 mm
2Naval Gun twin 40 mm
2Rocket Launcher ASW mortar 375 mm
1Torpedo Launchers Depth charge rack
4Torpedo Launchers single tube 533 mm

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  Shipyards


DE HC Stülcken Sohn - 5
DE Howaldtswerke - 1



  List of Ships


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19611982DEGerman Navy F220Köln
19611983DEGerman Navy F221Emden
19831994 TR Turkish Navy D361 TCG Gemlik
19621988DEGerman Navy F222Augsburg
19621983DEGerman Navy F223Karlsruhe
19831994 TR Turkish Navy D360 TCG Gelibolu
19631988DEGerman Navy F224Lübeck
19881988 TR Turkish Navy parts hulk Braunschweig
19641989DEGerman Navy F225Braunschweig
19891989 TR Turkish Navy parts hulk Lübeck

6 units



  Events


1957-dec-21Laid downLaid down DE F220 Köln
1958-apr-15Laid downLaid down DE F221 Emden
1958-oct-29Laid downLaid down DE F222 Augsburg
1958-dec-06LaunchedLaunched DE F220 Köln
1958-dec-15Laid downLaid down DE F223 Karlsruhe
1959-mar-21LaunchedLaunched DE F221 Emden
1959-aug-15LaunchedLaunched DE F222 Augsburg
1959-oct-24LaunchedLaunched DE F223 Karlsruhe
1959-oct-28Laid downLaid down DE F224 Lübeck
1960-jul-23LaunchedLaunched DE F224 Lübeck
1960-jul-28Laid downLaid down DE F225 Braunschweig
1961-apr-15CommissionedCommissioned DE F220 Köln
1961-oct-24CommissionedCommissioned DE F221 Emden
1962-feb-03LaunchedLaunched DE F225 Braunschweig
1962-apr-07CommissionedCommissioned DE F222 Augsburg
1962-dec-15CommissionedCommissioned DE F223 Karlsruhe
1963-jul-06CommissionedCommissioned DE F224 Lübeck
1964-jun-16CommissionedCommissioned DE F225 Braunschweig
1972-janDeploymentDeployment DE F225 Braunschweig Assigned to STANAVFORLANT until Jul 1972.
1982-dec-17DecommissionedDecommissioned DE F220 Köln hulk training ship at Neustadt
1983-mar-28DecommissionedDecommissioned DE F223 Karlsruhe
1983-mar-28Fate: transferedFate: transfered DE F223 Karlsruhe to Turkey as Gelibolu
1983-mar-28CommissionedCommissioned TR D360 TCG Gelibolu
1983-jun-30DecommissionedDecommissioned DE F221 Emden
1983-sep-23Fate: transferedFate: transfered DE F221 Emden to Turkey as Gemlik
1983-sep-23CommissionedCommissioned TR D361 TCG Gemlik
1984-mar-11DeploymentDeployment DE F225 Braunschweig In collision with HMS Plymouth.
1988-mar-30DecommissionedDecommissioned DE F222 Augsburg
1988-dec-01DecommissionedDecommissioned DE F224 Lübeck
1988-dec-01Fate: transferedFate: transfered DE F224 Lübeck to Turkey as spare parts
1989Fate: scrappedFate: scrapped DE F222 Augsburg at Hamburg
1989-jul-04DecommissionedDecommissioned DE F225 Braunschweig
1989-jul-04Fate: transferedFate: transfered DE F225 Braunschweig to Turkey as Spare Parts
1994DecommissionedDecommissioned TR D361 TCG Gemlik destroyed in a fire
1994Fate: scrappedFate: scrapped TR D361 TCG Gemlik
1994-jun-24DecommissionedDecommissioned TR D360 TCG Gelibolu Fate: scrapped









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