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Frankenthal Class (Type 332), Germany

introductionThe Frankenthal Class (Type 332) minesweepers have been built for the German Navy by Abeking & Rasmussen and Lurssenwerft shipyards.

They were built between 1992 and 1998 and are part of the German Navy's minesweeper Squadron 1, with headquarters in Olpenitz.

The ships share a common hull design with the Hameln Class Type 343 minesweepers, built by the same prime contractor, an industrial consortium led by STN Systemtechnik Nord.

The ships are constructed of non-magnetic steel.

Command & controlThe ship's tactical command system is the TCD Tactical Command and Documentation system. The system is used to prepare, control and to document all the phases of mine countermeasures operations, including planning the tracks in the selected search area, presentation of the tactical and navigational data, control of sonar and navigation equipment and contact management with correlation of new and existing targets.

missilesThe ship's surface-to-air missile is the Stinger manufactured by Raytheon Missile Systems and also under licence by EADS.The ship has two four-cell Stinger launchers port and starboard. The infrared-guided Stinger FIM-92 missile provides short-range defence against low-flying aircraft.

sensorsThe DSQS-11M minehunting sonar is a high-definition dual frequency hull-mounted sonar which provides Computer-Aided Detection (CAD) and classification (CAC) of all types of targets including ground mines, short tethered mines and in-volume mines.

The system gives 3D target location and tracking of stationary and moving targets.The DSQS-11M minehunting sonar uses side-scanning mode for route survey tasks.

Low-frequency sonar is used for long-range detection and classification and higher frequencies are used for high-resolution detection against high-background clutter and for echo- and shadow-mode target classification.

propulsionThe ship is equipped with two MTU 16V 538 TB91 diesel engines each providing 2,200kW, with two shafts driving controllable-pitch propellers.

The engines provide a speed of 18kt to the area of operations.

For station keeping in minehunting operations at low speed, propulsion is switched over to the electric motors.

specificationsType: Mine hunterDisplacement: 650 tLength: 54.4 m (178 ft)Beam: 9.2 m (30 ft)Draft: 2.6 m (8 ft 6 in)Speed: 18 knComplement: 41

referenceshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenthal-class_minehunterhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:M1064_Gr%C3%B6mitz_1.jpghttp://www.naval-technology.com/projects/frankenthal/frankenthal1.htmlhttp://www.naval-technology.com/projects/frankenthal/

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