ThyssenKrupp
Marine Systems heads the ARGE F125 consortium which was awarded the
contract to build a total of four F125 Class ships for the German Navy
in 2007. The ARGE F125 consortium also includes the Friedrich Lürssen
shipyard in Bremen, which is building the ships in cooperation with
Blohm+Voss Shipyards in Hamburg.
Gerlinde Kretschmann, wife of the Baden-Württemberg State Premier,
performed the christening ceremony in the presence of high-ranking representatives
from the Federal Ministry of Defense, the State of Baden-Württemberg,
the German Parliament, the Baden-Württemberg State Assembly, the
German Navy and the companies involved.
Dr. Hans Christoph Atzpodien, CEO of ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions
AG and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems
GmbH: “The F125 is a completely new type of frigate with numerous
technological innovations which will secure a solid basic workload for
the shipyards involved in the coming years and help the German naval
shipbuilding industry maintain and expand its leading position in key
technologies.”
The four 125 Class frigates will replace the German Navy’s eight
(Bremen type) 122 Class frigates. The ships were developed specially
for current and future deployment scenarios for the German Navy. In
addition to the traditional tasks of national and alliance defense,
the 125 Class frigates are designed for conflict prevention, crisis
management and intervention/stabilization operations in the international
arena. The ships are capable of remaining at sea for 24 months and thus
represent the first realization of the intensive use concept, i.e. significantly
increased availability in the deployment region. This capability is
supported by a much smaller crew and a two-crew strategy which permits
a complete change of crew during deployment.
Key data for the F125:
Length: 149 m
Width: 18 m
Maximum speed: >26 knots
Displacement: approx. 7,000 t
Crew: max. 190 (thereof up to 120 as regular crew) |
