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| History | |
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 Germany | |
| Name | Braunschweig |
| Namesake | Braunschweig |
| Port of registry | Hamburg, Germany |
| Ordered | December 2001 |
| Builder | Blohm+Voss, Hamburg |
| Cost | €240 million |
| Laid down | 3 December 2004 |
| Launched | 19 April 2006 |
| Commissioned | 16 April 2008 |
| Homeport | Wilhelmshaven, Germany |
| Identification |
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| Status | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Braunschweig-class corvette |
| Displacement | 1,840 tonnes (1,810 long tons) |
| Length | 89.12 m (292 ft 5 in) |
| Beam | 13.28 m (43 ft 7 in) |
| Draft | 3.4 m (11 ft 2 in) |
| Propulsion | 2 MTU 20V 1163 TB 93 diesel engines producing 14.8MW, driving two controllable-pitch propellers. |
| Speed | 26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph) |
| Range | 4,000 nmi (7,400 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)[1] |
| Endurance | 7 days; 21 days with tender[2] |
| Complement | 65 : 1 commander, 10 officers, 16 chief petty officers, 38 enlisted |
| Sensors and processing systems | |
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| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | Helicopter pad and hangar for two UMS Skeldar V-200 |
Braunschweig (F260) is the lead ship of the Braunschweig-class corvette of the German Navy.
- ^ "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. Retrieved 7 October 2015.