Köln-class frigate

Emden in 1983
Class overview
Name	Köln
Builders	H. C. Stülcken Sohn, Hamburg
Operators	German Navy Turkish Navy
Succeeded by	Bremen class
Built	1957–1964
In commission	1961–1989
Completed	6
Laid up	1
Retired	6
General characteristics
Type	Frigate
Displacement	2090 tons standard, 2750 tons full load
Length	105 m (344 ft 6 in) waterline 109.80 m (360 ft 3 in) overall
Beam	11 m (36 ft 1 in)
Draught	4.60 m (15 ft 1 in)
Propulsion	2 shaft CODAG 2 Brown Boveri & Cie gas turbines, 8832 kilowatts each (24,000 hp total) 4 MAN 16-cylinder diesel engines, 2208 kilowatts each (12,000hp total)
Speed	32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Range	3,450 nautical miles (6,390 km; 3,970 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph), 900 nautical miles (1,670 km; 1,040 mi) at 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Endurance	Bunker: 360 t
Complement	238
Sensors and processing systems	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
Armament	2 × 100 mm METL 53 guns 2 twin barreled 40 mm/L70 Breda Mod 58 II MDL anti-aircraft guns 2 single barreled 40 mm/L70 Bofors Mod 58 anti-aircraft guns 4 × 533 mm torpedo tubes, 2 quadruple 375 mm anti-submarine mortar depth charges, mine-laying capacity

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

Pen- nant	Name	Shipyard	Laid down	Launched	Com- missioned	Decom- missioned	Fate
F220	Köln	Stülcken & Sohn	21 December 1957	6 December 1958	15 April 1961	17 December 1982	Used as training hulk in Neustadt
F221	Emden	Stülcken & 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
F222	Augsburg	Stülcken & Sohn	29 October 1958	15 August 1959	7 April 1962	30 March 1988	Broken up in Hamburg
F223	Karlsruhe	Stülcken & 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
F224	Lübeck	Stülcken & Sohn	28 October 1959	23 July 1960	6 June 1963	1 December 1988	sold to the Turkish Navy for cannibalization
F225	Braunschweig	Stülcken & 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

• List of frigates
• List of naval ship classes of Germany

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.