Köln-class frigate

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

F220 Köln in 1982
Class overview
Name:	Köln
Builders:	H. C. Stülcken Sohn, Hamburg
Operators:	German Navy,  Turkish Naval Forces
Succeeded by:	Bremen-class frigate
Built:	1957–1964
In commission:	1961–1989
Completed:	6
Retired:	6
General characteristics [1]
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)[2]
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

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[1]	Launched[1]	Com- missioned[1]	Decom- missioned	Fate
F220	Köln	Stülcken & Sohn	December 21 1957	December 6 1958	April 15 1961	December 17 1982	Used as training hulk in Neustadt
F221	Emden	Stülcken & Sohn	April 15 1958	March 21 1959	October 24 1961	June 30 1983	Sold to the Turkish Navy as D361 Gemlik, destroyed in a fire
F222	Augsburg	Stülcken & Sohn	October 29 1958	August 15 1959	April 7 1962	March 30 1988	Broken up in Hamburg
F223	Karlsruhe	HDW	December 15 1958	October 24 1959	December 15 1962	March 28 1983	sold to the Turkish Navy as D360 Gelibolu
F224	Lübeck	Stülcken & Sohn	October 28 1959	July 23 1960	June 6 1963	December 1 1988	sold to the Turkish Navy for cannibalization
F225	Braunschweig	Stülcken & Sohn	July 28 1960	February 3 1962	June 16 1964	July 4 1989	sold as D361 Gemlik to the Turkish Navy, replaced ex-Emden

All ships were stationed as second frigate squadron in Wilhelmshaven.

See also

• List of frigates
• List of German Federal Navy ships
• List of naval ships of Germany
• List of naval ship classes of Germany
• Lists of ship launches in: 1959, 1962
• Lists of ship commissionings in: 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964
• Lists of ship decommissionings in: 1982, 1983, 1988, 1989

References

1. Gardiner and Chumbley 1995, p. 144.
2. Prézelin and Baker 1990, p. 538.

• 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.