In October 2016 it was announced that a second batch of five more corvettes, originally to be procured from 2022–2025 but now reportedly delayed.[4][5] The decision was in response to NATO requirements expecting Germany to provide a total of four corvettes at the highest readiness level for littoral operations by 2018, and with only five corvettes just two can be provided.[6]
They feature reduced radar and infrared signatures ("stealth" beyond the capabilities of those of the Sachsen-classfrigates), and will be equipped with two helicopter UAVs for remote scouting. The German Navy ordered a first batch of two UMS Skeldar V-200 systems for the use on the Braunschweig-class corvettes.[7] The hangar is too small for standard helicopters, but the pad is large enough for Sea Kings, Lynx, or NH-90s, the helicopters of the German Navy.[citation needed]
Originally, the K130 class was supposed to be armed with the naval version of the Polyphem missile, an optical fiber-guided missile with a range of 60 km (37 mi), which at the time was under development. The Polyphem program was cancelled in 2003 and instead the designers chose to equip the class with the RBS-15. While the RBS-15 has a much greater range of 250 km (160 mi), the current version mounted on the ships, Mk3, lacks the ECM-resistant video feedback of the Polyphem. The German Navy had ordered the RBS-15 Mk4 in advance, which is a development of the Mk3 with increased range —400 km (250 mi)— and a dual seeker for increased resistance to electronic countermeasures.[8] The RBS-15 Mk3 has the capability to engage land targets.[9]
Difficulty of classificationedit
Vessels of this class do not have an executive officer (German: Erster Offizier). Traditionally, in the German Navy, this was used as a rule to classify a vessel as a boat, not a ship. In a press release, the German Navy stated that these corvettes will be called ships nonetheless because of their size, armament, and endurance.[10] The commanding officer wields the same disciplinary power as a German Army company commander, not that of a battalion commander as is the case with the larger German warships such as frigates.[11] However, in size, armament, protection, and role, these corvettes resemble modern antisurface warfare light frigates, the main difference being the total absence of any antisubmarine warfare related sensors or weapons.[citation needed]
Contractingedit
The contract for first five ships was awarded in December 2001 Blohm+Voss, at that time owned by ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, Nordseewerke, and Friedrich Lurssen Werft. The first ship, the Braunschweig, built at Blohm+Voss, was launched in April 2006 and was commissioned in April 2008. The second ship was commissioned in 2008.[12] The final three ships in Batch I were commissioned in 2013.[13] Severe problems with the gearing provided by MAAG GmbH of Winterthur, Switzerland, delayed the commissioning of the corvettes. Further issues occurred with the air-conditioning system and exposure to toxins from exhaust and missile systems.[14]
In May 2015, the Israeli government ordered four Sa'ar 6-class corvettes, whose design by ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems will be loosely based on that of the Braunschweig-class corvette,[15] but with engineering changes to render the baseline platform more militarily robust.[16]
In April 2017, the German government announced a contract for a further five ships to the same group as before, but the process under which it had been awarded was challenged at the German Federal Cartel Office by the German Naval Yards and the contract was voided in May.[17][18]
In September 2017, the German Navy commissioned the construction of five more corvettes in a consortium of North German shipyards. Lürssen will be the main contractor in the production of the vessels. The contract is worth around 2 billion euros.[18][19] In April 2018, the German government announced the specific arrangements under which the five new K130s would be built.[20][21]
Plans to build a third batch (i.e. ships 11–15) are under consideration, ships from the first batch (i.e. ships 1–5) would be decommissioned from 2025 and sold to a NATO ally in order to avoid modernization costs.[22]
In September 2022 it was reported that increasing difficulties in integrating the command and control systems for the Batch 2 ships had resulted in a cost growth of 401 million Euros and at least a two year delay for the completion of the lead Batch 2 vessel, and potentially cascading delays for the next two ships in the Batch 2 program as well.[23]
Ships in classedit
The ships were not built at a single shipyard; sections were constructed at different locations at the same time and later married together. The table lists the yard where the keel-laying ceremonies were held. Due to the decommissioning of the Gepard class, five additionally being constructed from 2019–2025.[24]
^ (Press release). ThyssenKrupp AG. 30 January 2008. Archived from the original on 13 December 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
^ ab"Korvette "Braunschweig"-Klasse (K 130)" (in German). German Navy. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
^"K130 Braunschweig Class Corvette - German Navy". Navyr ecognition. 13 August 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
^"Germany's K130 Batch 2 Corvette Program 2 Years Behind Schedule". 17 October 2022.
^"Fünf neue Korvetten für die Bundeswehr", Faz, 14 October 2016.
^"German Navy to Get Five More K130 Braunschweig-class Corvettes", Navy recognition, 14 November 2016.
^BAAINBw Procures New Helicopter Drones for the Navy, Baainbw, 27 September 2018, retrieved 2 March 2019.
^"de:Neue Aufgaben der Marine mit moderner Ausrüstung" (in German). German Navy. 17 May 2004. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
^German Navy K130 Corvettes Ready for Saab RBS-15 Mk3 Anti-Ship Missiles, Navy recognition, 8 June 2016.
^Struckhof, Detlef (22 January 2009). "Warum Korvetten Schiffe und keine Boote sind" [Why corvettes are ships and not boats] (in German). Presse- und Informationszentrum Marine. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
^"Wehrdisziplinarordnung (WDO)" (in German). German Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
^"K130 Braunschweig Class Corvette". Naval Technology. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
^"K130 Braunschweig class". Navy Recognition. 13 August 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
^"Milliardenprojekt Korvette 130: Pannenserie reißt nicht ab - Marineinspekteur fordert schärfere Kontrolle". Norddeutcher Rundfunk via PressPortal (in German). 20 June 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
^Azulai, Yuval (11 May 2015). . Globes. Archived from the original on 13 May 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
^Israeli Navy Marks Milestones at German Shipyards, By: Barbara Opall-Rome, August 4, 2016
^"Germany's K130 corvette construction award violates public procurement law, says tribunal - Naval Technology". Naval Technology. 21 May 2017.
^ ab"Germany awards €2.4bln contract for five new K130 corvettes". Naval Today.
^Kopp, Martin (13 September 2017). "Riesenauftrag von Bundeswehr: Blohm+Voss auf Jahre gerettet" (in German). Hamburger Abendblatt.
^"Four Shipyards Agree to Build New German Corvettes". www.defense-aerospace.com. April 9, 2018.
^"Wie Blohm+Voss vom Bau neuer Korvetten profitiert". Hamburger Abendblatt (in German). 6 April 2018.
^Editorial, Defense Brief (2021-07-14). "Germany begins construction of fourth of five new K130 corvettes". Defense Brief. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
^"Germany's K130 Batch 2 Corvette Program 2 Years Behind Schedule". 17 October 2022.
^"Bundeswehr soll neue Korvetten bekommen", N-TV (in German).
^ abc"Marineschiffbau: Letzte Korvette in Wolgast auf Kiel gelegt". ostsee-zeitung.de. 15 March 2022.
^"Germany's K130 Batch 2 Corvette Program 2 Years Behind Schedule". 17 October 2022.
^Groizeleau, Vincent (12 July 2023). "La nouvelle corvette allemande à la mer". Mer et Marine.
^"Die Taufe der Korvette "Kiel" in Hamburg". April 21, 2022 – via www.ndr.de.
^"#Kiellegung der künftigen #Korvette AUGSBURG in #Wolgast. Danke an die Organisatoren aus #Werftindustrie - #ARGE #K130 und @BaainBw. Wichtiger Schritt für @deutschemarine und das #1Korvettengeschwader. Und danke für den guten Kontakt zur künftigen Patenstadt @stadtaugsburg". Twitter. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
Bibliographyedit
Warship International Staff (2007). "First of the German K 130 Class". Warship International. XLIV (4): 364–365. ISSN 0043-0374.
External linksedit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Braunschweig class.
Korvette Braunschweig-Klasse @ Marine (official homepage of the German Navy)
Manufacturer's website
November 12, 2023
braunschweig, class, corvette, k130, braunschweig, class, sometimes, korvette, germany, newest, class, ocean, going, corvettes, five, ships, have, replaced, gepard, class, fast, attack, craft, german, navy, ludwigshafen, rhein, 2016class, overviewoperators, ge. The K130 Braunschweig class sometimes Korvette 130 is Germany s newest class of ocean going corvettes Five ships have replaced the Gepard class fast attack craft of the German Navy Ludwigshafen am Rhein in 2016Class overviewOperators German Navy Israeli NavyPreceded byGepard classSubclassesSa ar 6 classCost 240 million 2001 per ship Batch 1 400 million 2017 per ship Batch 2 Built2004 presentIn commission2008 presentPlanned10Building4Completed6Active5General characteristicsTypeCorvetteDisplacement1 840 t 1 810 long tons Length89 12 m 292 ft 5 in Beam13 28 m 43 ft 7 in Draft3 4 m 11 ft 2 in Propulsion2 MTU 20V 1163 TB 93 diesel engines producing 14 8MW driving two controllable pitch propellers Speed26 knots 48 km h 30 mph Range4 000 nmi 7 400 km 4 600 mi at 15 kn 28 km h 17 mph 1 Endurance7 days 21 days with tender 2 Complement65 1 commander 10 officers 16 chief petty officers 38 enlistedSensors and processing systemsCassidian TRS 3D Batch 1 or TRS 4D Batch 2 multifunction Passive electronically scanned array C Band radar 2 navigation radars MSSR 2000 i IFF system MIRADOR electro optical sensors UL 5000 K ESM suite Link 11 and Link 16 communicationsElectronic warfare amp decoys2 TKWA MASS Multi Ammunition Softkill System decoy launcher UL 5000 K ECM suiteArmamentGuns 1 OTO Melara 76 mm gun 2 3 2 Mauser BK 27 autocannonsAnti ship 4 RBS 15 Mk 3 anti ship missilesClose In Weapon System 2 RAM Block II launchers 21 missiles eachMine laying capability 2 mine racks of 34 naval mines Mk 12Aircraft carriedHelicopter pad and hangar for two Saab SkeldarIn October 2016 it was announced that a second batch of five more corvettes originally to be procured from 2022 2025 but now reportedly delayed 4 5 The decision was in response to NATO requirements expecting Germany to provide a total of four corvettes at the highest readiness level for littoral operations by 2018 and with only five corvettes just two can be provided 6 Contents 1 Technical details 1 1 Difficulty of classification 2 Contracting 3 Ships in class 4 Images 5 See also 6 References 7 Bibliography 8 External linksTechnical details editThey feature reduced radar and infrared signatures stealth beyond the capabilities of those of the Sachsen class frigates and will be equipped with two helicopter UAVs for remote scouting The German Navy ordered a first batch of two UMS Skeldar V 200 systems for the use on the Braunschweig class corvettes 7 The hangar is too small for standard helicopters but the pad is large enough for Sea Kings Lynx or NH 90s the helicopters of the German Navy citation needed Originally the K130 class was supposed to be armed with the naval version of the Polyphem missile an optical fiber guided missile with a range of 60 km 37 mi which at the time was under development The Polyphem program was cancelled in 2003 and instead the designers chose to equip the class with the RBS 15 While the RBS 15 has a much greater range of 250 km 160 mi the current version mounted on the ships Mk3 lacks the ECM resistant video feedback of the Polyphem The German Navy had ordered the RBS 15 Mk4 in advance which is a development of the Mk3 with increased range 400 km 250 mi and a dual seeker for increased resistance to electronic countermeasures 8 The RBS 15 Mk3 has the capability to engage land targets 9 Difficulty of classification edit Vessels of this class do not have an executive officer German Erster Offizier Traditionally in the German Navy this was used as a rule to classify a vessel as a boat not a ship In a press release the German Navy stated that these corvettes will be called ships nonetheless because of their size armament and endurance 10 The commanding officer wields the same disciplinary power as a German Army company commander not that of a battalion commander as is the case with the larger German warships such as frigates 11 However in size armament protection and role these corvettes resemble modern antisurface warfare light frigates the main difference being the total absence of any antisubmarine warfare related sensors or weapons citation needed Contracting editThe contract for first five ships was awarded in December 2001 Blohm Voss at that time owned by ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems Nordseewerke and Friedrich Lurssen Werft The first ship the Braunschweig built at Blohm Voss was launched in April 2006 and was commissioned in April 2008 The second ship was commissioned in 2008 12 The final three ships in Batch I were commissioned in 2013 13 Severe problems with the gearing provided by MAAG GmbH of Winterthur Switzerland delayed the commissioning of the corvettes Further issues occurred with the air conditioning system and exposure to toxins from exhaust and missile systems 14 In May 2015 the Israeli government ordered four Sa ar 6 class corvettes whose design by ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems will be loosely based on that of the Braunschweig class corvette 15 but with engineering changes to render the baseline platform more militarily robust 16 In April 2017 the German government announced a contract for a further five ships to the same group as before but the process under which it had been awarded was challenged at the German Federal Cartel Office by the German Naval Yards and the contract was voided in May 17 18 In September 2017 the German Navy commissioned the construction of five more corvettes in a consortium of North German shipyards Lurssen will be the main contractor in the production of the vessels The contract is worth around 2 billion euros 18 19 In April 2018 the German government announced the specific arrangements under which the five new K130s would be built 20 21 Plans to build a third batch i e ships 11 15 are under consideration ships from the first batch i e ships 1 5 would be decommissioned from 2025 and sold to a NATO ally in order to avoid modernization costs 22 In September 2022 it was reported that increasing difficulties in integrating the command and control systems for the Batch 2 ships had resulted in a cost growth of 401 million Euros and at least a two year delay for the completion of the lead Batch 2 vessel and potentially cascading delays for the next two ships in the Batch 2 program as well 23 Ships in class editThe ships were not built at a single shipyard sections were constructed at different locations at the same time and later married together The table lists the yard where the keel laying ceremonies were held Due to the decommissioning of the Gepard class five additionally being constructed from 2019 2025 24 Pennantnumber Name Shipyard Laid down Launched Commissioned StatusBatch 1F260 Braunschweig Blohm Voss 3 December 2004 19 April 2006 16 April 2008 In active serviceF261 Magdeburg Lurssen Werft 19 May 2005 6 September 2006 22 September 2008 In active serviceF262 Erfurt Nordseewerke 22 September 2005 29 March 2007 28 February 2013 In active serviceF263 Oldenburg Blohm Voss 19 January 2006 28 June 2007 21 January 2013 In active serviceF264 Ludwigshafen am Rhein Lurssen Werft 14 April 2006 26 September 2007 21 March 2013 In active serviceBatch 2F265 Koln Lurssen Werft Blohm Voss 25 25 April 2019 30 October 2020 Projected 2025 26 Sea trials 27 28 F266 Emden 30 January 2020 Under constructionF267 Karlsruhe German Naval Yards Kiel 25 6 October 2020 25 Under constructionF268 Augsburg 13 July 2021 29 Under constructionF269 Lubeck 15 March 2022 2025 Planned Under constructionImages edit nbsp Braunschweig nbsp Magdeburg nbsp Oldenburg nbsp Ludwigshafen am RheinSee also editSteregushchiy class corvette List of naval ship classes in serviceReferences edit Corvette Braunschweig Handed Over Press release ThyssenKrupp AG 30 January 2008 Archived from the original on 13 December 2019 Retrieved 14 May 2015 a b Korvette Braunschweig Klasse K 130 in German German Navy Retrieved 7 October 2015 K130 Braunschweig Class Corvette German Navy Navyr ecognition 13 August 2013 Retrieved 7 October 2015 Germany s K130 Batch 2 Corvette Program 2 Years Behind Schedule 17 October 2022 Funf neue Korvetten fur die Bundeswehr Faz 14 October 2016 German Navy to Get Five More K130 Braunschweig class Corvettes Navy recognition 14 November 2016 BAAINBw Procures New Helicopter Drones for the Navy Baainbw 27 September 2018 retrieved 2 March 2019 de Neue Aufgaben der Marine mit moderner Ausrustung in German German Navy 17 May 2004 Retrieved 14 May 2015 German Navy K130 Corvettes Ready for Saab RBS 15 Mk3 Anti Ship Missiles Navy recognition 8 June 2016 Struckhof Detlef 22 January 2009 Warum Korvetten Schiffe und keine Boote sind Why corvettes are ships and not boats in German Presse und Informationszentrum Marine Retrieved 3 February 2010 Wehrdisziplinarordnung WDO in German German Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection Retrieved 14 May 2015 K130 Braunschweig Class Corvette Naval Technology Retrieved 30 April 2018 K130 Braunschweig class Navy Recognition 13 August 2013 Retrieved 1 May 2018 Milliardenprojekt Korvette 130 Pannenserie reisst nicht ab Marineinspekteur fordert scharfere Kontrolle Norddeutcher Rundfunk via PressPortal in German 20 June 2011 Retrieved 14 May 2015 Azulai Yuval 11 May 2015 Israel signs 430m deal for German patrol vessels Globes Archived from the original on 13 May 2015 Retrieved 14 May 2015 Israeli Navy Marks Milestones at German Shipyards By Barbara Opall Rome August 4 2016 Germany s K130 corvette construction award violates public procurement law says tribunal Naval Technology Naval Technology 21 May 2017 a b Germany awards 2 4bln contract for five new K130 corvettes Naval Today Kopp Martin 13 September 2017 Riesenauftrag von Bundeswehr Blohm Voss auf Jahre gerettet in German Hamburger Abendblatt Four Shipyards Agree to Build New German Corvettes www defense aerospace com April 9 2018 Wie Blohm Voss vom Bau neuer Korvetten profitiert Hamburger Abendblatt in German 6 April 2018 Editorial Defense Brief 2021 07 14 Germany begins construction of fourth of five new K130 corvettes Defense Brief Retrieved 2022 01 06 Germany s K130 Batch 2 Corvette Program 2 Years Behind Schedule 17 October 2022 Bundeswehr soll neue Korvetten bekommen N TV in German a b c Marineschiffbau Letzte Korvette in Wolgast auf Kiel gelegt ostsee zeitung de 15 March 2022 Germany s K130 Batch 2 Corvette Program 2 Years Behind Schedule 17 October 2022 Groizeleau Vincent 12 July 2023 La nouvelle corvette allemande a la mer Mer et Marine Die Taufe der Korvette Kiel in Hamburg April 21 2022 via www ndr de Kiellegung der kunftigen Korvette AUGSBURG in Wolgast Danke an die Organisatoren aus Werftindustrie ARGE K130 und BaainBw Wichtiger Schritt fur deutschemarine und das 1Korvettengeschwader Und danke fur den guten Kontakt zur kunftigen Patenstadt stadtaugsburg Twitter Retrieved 2021 07 13 Bibliography editWarship International Staff 2007 First of the German K 130 Class Warship International XLIV 4 364 365 ISSN 0043 0374 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Braunschweig class Korvette Braunschweig Klasse Marine official homepage of the German Navy Manufacturer s website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Braunschweig class corvette amp oldid 1181660714, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
