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The frigate “Baden-Württemberg” is relocated to the Mediterranean
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The frigate “Baden-Württemberg”, here on a test trip, is the lead ship of the new F125 class
Source: Bundeswehr/Carsten Vennemann
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The warship is the first of the new F125 class to go on deployment. The frigate is taking part in the UN mission UNIFIL to secure and stabilize maritime traffic off the Lebanese coast. The new naval ships are designed for long-term operations.
The frigate “Baden-Württemberg” is leaving its home port of Wilhelmshaven on its first mission this Friday. It is also the first mission ever for the four new class F125 frigates, which were put into service between 2019 and 2022 and whose lead ship is the “Baden-Württemberg”. The German Navy announced this on Tuesday.
The ship is under the command of frigate captain Tilmann von der Lühe (44). The “Baden-Württemberg” will take part in the mandated foreign mission UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon) off the Lebanese coast. The long-term planned operation is not directly related to the current tensions following the major attack by the radical Islamic Hamas in Israel and clashes between Israeli security forces and the pro-Iranian Hezbollah in Israel. However, this gives it an additional explosiveness.
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The deployment of the “Baden-Württemberg” is scheduled to last until mid-January 2024. “It is the first time for the Class 125 to be sent into action, and it is a great honor for me, as the first commander of a Class 125 frigate, to be able to undertake the first deployment with my crew,” said von der Lühe . “I have a great crew, a good ship, and that’s why I can clearly see myself at all levels.”
The new frigate type was completely redesigned and is primarily designed for stabilization missions. The F125 class’s range of tasks primarily includes maritime surveillance in crisis regions around the world, such as embargo control missions or anti-piracy operations.
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The United Nations UNIFIL mission has existed since 1978 to stabilize peace between Israel and Lebanon. After the Lebanon War in 2006, the mandate was expanded. Since then, UNIFIL has been supporting the Lebanese government in securing maritime borders and preventing weapons smuggling by sea. The maritime operations group UNIFIL was the first fleet group under the leadership of the United Nations – German ships and boats have operated in this group from the start.
The usage concept of the frigates is also new. The four ships, each with 5,000 operating hours, can operate continuously for up to two years, independently of their home port. The interval between inspections for the warships is as planned at five years and eight months. “This is almost a quadrupling of the operational time and a doubling of the maintenance intervals compared to the Navy’s previous frigates,” the Navy said.
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The crew size of the F125 was reduced from more than 200 people on the other frigates of the German Navy to 126 soldiers. Several crews rotate every four months during an extended F125 deployment. In this multiple crew concept, eight crews are planned for the four ships of the Baden-Württemberg class.
The four F125 frigates were finally assembled and equipped at the Blohm+Voss shipyard in Hamburg. A consortium led by Naval Vessels Lürssen (NVL) and ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems at Blohm+Voss is currently completing five K130 corvettes from the so-called second batch. At the same time, preparatory work for the construction of the next generation of frigates, the F126, has also begun in Hamburg. The general contractor for this is the Dutch naval shipyard company Damen Naval. The sections for the initial four F126s are to be manufactured at the German Naval Yards in Kiel and at NVL’s Wolgaster Peene shipyard. The final assembly and equipment then takes place at Blohm+Voss. The F126 are to be optimized for future submarine hunting.
2023-10-17 10:10:46
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