Kulmbach class mine hunter
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| Kulmbach class mine hunter | |
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 Kulmbach class mine hunters of the German Navy |
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| General characteristics |  |
| Displacement: | 635 tonnes |
| Length: | 54.40 m |
| Beam: | 9.20 m |
| Draft: | 2.84 m |
| Speed: | 18 knots |
| Complement: | 43 |
The Type 333 Kulmbach class is a class of five German Navy ships. Built as Type 343 Hameln class minesweepers, they have been upgraded to minehunters using Seefuchs expendable drones to detonate detected naval mines.
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[edit] Specifications
- Propulsion:
- 2 MTU 16V 538 TB91 diesel engines, 2240kW each
- 2 Renk PLS 25 gearboxes
- 2 propeller shafts driving controllable pitch propellers
- Speed: 18 kts
- Armament:
- 2 Bofors 40mm/L70 dual-purpose gun (currently upgrading to MLG 27 remote-controlled autocannons)
- 2 Fliegerfaust 2 surface-to-air missile (MANPADS) stands
- Mine-laying capabilities
- Countermeasures:
- 2 MASS (Multi Ammunition Softkill System) decoy launcher (currently under procurement)
- Sensors:
- Equipment:
- Seefuchs mine hunting drones
- GPS-Navstar navigation system
- PALIS
- digital data links
- M 20/2 fire-control system
- Equipment for 4 mine divers
- Complement: 43
[edit] List of ships
| Pennant number |
Name | Call sign |
commissioned |
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| M1091 | Kulmbach | DRFU | May 23, 1990 |
| M1095 | Überherrn | DRFS | September 19, 1989 |
| M1099 | Herten | DRFP | March 26, 1991 |
| M1096 | Passau | DRFK | December 18, 1990 |
| M1097 | Laboe | DRFJ | December 7, 1989 |
Notes: The listed commission dates are from their original commission as Type 343 boats since they were not formally recommissoned after their upgrade to Type 333 mine hunters.
The ships currently belong to the 3. Minensuchgeschwader (3. mine sweeper squadron) based in Olpenitz at the Baltic Sea.
[edit] See also
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[edit] External links
- Marine-Portraits (German)
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