The K130 Braunschweig-class (sometimes Korvette 130) is Germany's newest class of ocean-going corvettes. They supplement the Gepard-class fast attack craft that are currently in service.
In May 2015 the Israeli Government ordered four Sa'ar 6-class corvettes, whose design will be based on that of the Braunschweig-class corvette.
Specifications[]
- Type: Corvette
- Service Period: 2007-Present
- Characteristics:
- Length: 295 feet 6 inches (90.07 meters)
- Beam: 44 feet (13.41 meters)
- Draft: 11 feet 2 inches (3.4 meters)
- Displacement: 1,850 tons
- Crew: 65
- Propulsion: 2 x MTU 20V 1163 TB 93 diesel engines producing 14.8MW, driving two controllable-pitch propellers
- Range: 4,000 nautical miles (7,408 kilometers) at 15 knots (27.78 km/h)
- Speed: 26 knots (48.15 km/h)
- Sensor Suite:
- Cassidian TRS-3D PESA Air/Surface Search RDF
- Countermeasures:
- Rheinmetall MASS decoy launchers x 2
- UL 5000 K ECM suite
- Armament:
- 1 x OTO-Melara 76mm/62-caliber Super Rapid naval gun
- 2 x Mauser BK-27 27mm autocannons
- 16 x RBS.15 anti-ship missiles
- 2 x Goalkeeper 30mm CIWS
- 34 x Mk.12 naval mines
- Aircraft Carried: 2 x Camcopter S-100
- Aviation Facilities: Hangar and Flight Deck
Unit Run[]
- BMS Braunschweig (K260)
- BMS Magdeburg (K261)
- BMS Erfurt (K262)
- BMS Oldenburg (K263)
- BMS Ludwigshafen am Rhein (K264)
- BMS Göttingen (K265)
- BMS Saarbrücken (K266)
- BMS Wiesbaden (K267)
- BMS Oberhausen (K268)
- BMS Hildesheim (K269)
- BMS Darmstadt (K270)
- BMS Wilhelmshaven (K271)