The Lütjens-class destroyers were a quartet of destroyers built for the Bundesmarine in the late 1960s. The ships were based on the British Bristol-class air defense destroyers.
The Lütjens-class was upgraded to Type 103A in the 1970s with new digital fire-control computers and better missiles for the old GWS30 Sea Dart missile system. The
A second major refit began in the 1980s, with new fire control computers and RDF for the guns.
In the 1990s, the ships in the class each received two Sea Falcon launchers and Chaff launchers.
After her decommissioning, Mölders (D188) became a museum ship at the German Navy Museum in Wilhelmshaven.
Specifications[]
- Type: Guided Missile Destroyer
- Service Period:
- Characteristics:
- Length: 513 feet (156.36 meters)
- Beam: 55 feet (15.76 meters)
- Draft: 24 feet 7.2 inches (7.5 meters)
- Displacement: 6,300 tons (Standard); 6,990 tons (Full Load)
- Crew: 400 (30 officers and 370 enlisted)
- Propulsion: 4 x Bristol Siddeley Olympus TM1A gas turbines, 2 x shafts, 96,800 shp (69,600 kW)
- Range: 6,400 nautical miles (11,853 kilometers) at 18 knots (33.34 km/h)
- Speed: 32.7 knots (60.56 km/h)
- Sensor Suite:
- ADAWS-2 Combat Direction System
- Comprehensive Display System
- Type 988 Long Range 3D Air Search RDF
- Type 1022 2D Air Search RDF
- Type 992Q Low Angle Target Acquisition RDF
- Type 909 Sea Dart Target Illumination RDF x 2
- Type 978 Navigation RDF (replaced by Raytheon RP 1225)
- Atlas Elektronik DSQS-21B Active/Passive ASDIC
- Type 184 Target Indication ASDIC
- Countermeasures:
- EADS FL1800 ESM suite
- Sea Gnat Decoy Launcher
- Armament:
- 1 x QF 4.5"/55-caliber Vickers Mk.8 naval gun
- 2 x Twin Arm Missile Launchers (fires GWS.30 Sea Dart AAMs)
- 2 x twin Oerlikon/BMARC GCM-A03 30mm guns
- 2 x Sea Falcon AAM Launchers
- 2 x 12.75" triple torpedo tubes (fires DM4A1 and Stingray ASW torpedoes)
- Aircraft Carried: 2 x Westland Lynx maritime helicopters
- Aviation Facilities: Flight Deck with Beartrap and Enclosed Hanger
Unit Run[]
- BMS Lütjens (DM 187)
- BMS Mölders (DM 188)
- BMS Rommel (DM 189)
- BMS Rogge (DM 190)