View source for German frigate Rheinland-Pfalz (F225)

{{Short description|Baden-Württemberg-class frigates}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{other ships|German frigate Rheinland-Pfalz}}
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| Ship image = File:F225 Rheinland-Pfalz, Hamburg, 2019 (02).jpg
| Ship caption = ''Rheinland-Pfalz'' at the port of Hamburg in 2019.
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| Ship country = Germany
| Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|Germany|naval}}
| Ship name = ''Rheinland-Pfalz''
| Ship namesake = [[Rheinland-Pfalz]]
| Ship ordered =
| Ship builder = [[Lürssen]], [[Wolgast]]
[[Blohm+Voss]], [[Hamburg]]
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| Ship laid down = 29 January 2015
| Ship launched = 24 May 2017
| Ship acquired = 28 January 2022
| Ship commissioned = 13 July 2022
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| Ship identification = *{{MMSI Number|211923000}}
*[[Maritime call sign|Callsign]]: DRAG
*[[Pennant number]]: F225
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| Ship fate =
| Ship status = In active service
| Ship notes =
| Ship registry = [[Hamburg]], [[Germany]]
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{{Infobox ship characteristics
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| Ship class = {{sclass|Baden-Württemberg|frigate}}
| Ship displacement = 7,200 tonnes
| Ship length = {{convert|149.52|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| Ship beam = {{convert|18.80|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| Ship height =
| Ship draught = {{convert|5|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| Ship depth =
| Ship power =
| Ship propulsion = *[[Combined diesel-electric and gasturbine|CODLAG]]
* 1 × 20 MW [[gas turbine]]
* 2 × 4.7 MW [[electric motors]]
* 4 × 2.9 MW [[diesel generator]]s
* 3 × [[gearbox]]es: one for each shaft and one to crossconnect the gas turbine to them
* 2 × [[propeller shaft|shafts]], driving [[controllable pitch propeller]]s
* 1 × 1 MW [[bow thruster]]
| Ship speed = {{convert|20|kn|km/h|lk=in}} on diesel only, {{convert|26|kn|km/h|abbr=on}} max.
| Ship range = {{convert|4000|nmi|km|lk=in}}
| Ship endurance =
| Ship boats = *Submarine [[Remotely operated vehicle|ROVs]]
* 4 × {{convert|11|m|ftin|abbr=on}} [[RHIB]], capable of more than {{convert|40|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}
| Ship capacity = Space for two {{convert|6.1|m|ftin|abbr=on}} [[containerization|containers]]
| Ship complement = 190 (standard crew: 110)
| Ship sensors = *1 × Cassidian TRS-4D [[Active electronically scanned array|AESA]] [[radar]]
* 2(?) × navigation radars
* [[Identification friend or foe|IFF]]
* diver and swimmer detection sonar (no anti-submarine sonar)
* Laser warning
* KORA-18 Combined RADAR and COMMS ESM from GEDIS
* [[Link 11]], [[Link 16]], [[Link 22]] communications systems
| Ship EW = *[[MASS (decoy system)|TKWA/MASS (Multi Ammunition Softkill System)]]
* [[Electronic counter-measures|ECM]]
| Ship armament = * Naval guns:
** 1 × 127 mm [[Otobreda 127/64|lightweight Otobreda naval gun]] with guided VULCANO ammunition for land-attack missions (range: more than {{Convert|100|km|mi|abbr=on}})
** 2 × 27 mm [[MLG 27]] remote-controlled [[autocannon]]s
** 5 × 12.7 mm [[Hitrole]]-NT remote-controlled machine gun turrets
** 2 × 12.7 mm [[heavy machine gun]]s (manually controlled)
* Anti-air missiles:
** 2 × [[RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile|RAM Block II]] [[surface-to-air missile]] launcher/[[Close-in weapon system|CIWS]], 21 cells each
* [[Anti-ship missiles]]:
** 8 × [[RGM-84 Harpoon]] [[anti-ship missile]]s (interim solution until joint sea/land attack missile RBS 15 MK4 becomes available)
* Non-Lethal:
** [[Water cannon]]s
| Ship aircraft = 2 × [[NHI NH90|NH-90]] helicopters
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'''''Rheinland-Pfalz''''' '''(F225)''' is the fourth ship of the {{sclass|Baden-Württemberg|frigate}}s of the [[German Navy]].
== Background ==
''Rheinland-Pfalz'' was designed and constructed by ARGE F125, a [[joint-venture]] of [[Thyssen-Krupp]] and [[Lürssen]]. She is part of the {{sclass|Baden-Württemberg|frigate|4}} have the highest displacement of any class of frigate worldwide and are used to replace the {{sclass|Bremen|frigate|4}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=Making Do With Less|url=http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=defense&id=news/dti/2012/01/01/DT_01_01_2012_p41-400823.xml&headline=Biggest%20Cuts%20In%20Years%20Are%20Coming%20For%20Germany|publisher=}}{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=12 December 2013|title=First of TKMS built F-125 class Frigate "Baden-Württemberg" Christened for the German Navy |work=navyrecognition.com |url=http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/year-2013-news/december-2013-navy-naval-forces-maritime-industry-technology-security-global-news/1420-first-of-tkms-built-f-125-class-frigate-baden-wuerttemberg-christened-for-the-german-navy.html}}</ref>
==Construction and career==
''Rheinland-Pfalz'' was [[Keel laying|laid down]] on 29 January 2015 and [[Ceremonial ship launching|launched]] on 24 May 2017 in [[Hamburg]]. She was delivered to the [[German Navy]] in January 2022<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2022/01/tkms-delivers-4th-and-final-f125-frigate-to-the-german-navy/ |title=TKMS Delivers 4th And Final F125 Frigate "Rheinland-Pfalz" |work=Naval News |date=28 January 2022 |access-date=29 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Marine|url=https://www.bundeswehr.de/de/organisation/marine|access-date=17 September 2020|website=www.bundeswehr.de|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thyssenkrupp-marinesystems.com/en/press-releases/d/uid-1f4f1d85-6ffc-ccfe-e474-17436d743362.html|access-date=17 September 2020|website=www.thyssenkrupp-marinesystems.com|title=Press releases}}</ref> and commissioned into service on 13 July of that year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/naval-news/naval-news-archive/2022/july/11922-german-navy-commissions-the-fourth-f125-frigate-rheinland-pfalz.html |title=German Navy commissions the fourth F125 frigate Rheinland Pfalz |work=navyrecognition.com |date=13 July 2022 |access-date=20 July 2022}}</ref>
==Gallery==
<gallery mode="nolines" caption="''Rheinland-Pfalz'' gallery">
File:BW Class, Vorhafen, Hamburg (P1080401).jpg|''Rheinland-Pfalz'' at the port of Hamburg on 27 April 2019.
File:F225, Steinwerder, Hamburg (P1080408).jpg|''Rheinland-Pfalz'' at the port of Hamburg on 27 April 2019.
</gallery>
==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.seaforces.org/marint/German-Navy/Frigate/F-225-FGS-Rheinland-Pfalz.htm Seaforces.org]
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