The Sachsen-class is Germany's latest class of highly advanced destroyers. They are similar to the Dutch De Zeven Provinciën-class destroyers. Both the Sachsen-class and the De Zeven Provinciën-class destroyers are based on the use of a common primary anti-air warfare system.
Specifications[]
- Type: Guided Missile Destroyer
- Service: 2005-Present
- Specifications
- Length: 550 feet (167.64 meters)
- Beam: 68 feet (20.73 meters)
- Draft: 21 feet (6.40 meters)
- Displacement: 7,738 tons (Standard); 10,410 tons (Full Load)
- Crew: 320
- Power: 132,400 shp
- Propulsion: CODAG propulsion, 4 x Rolls-Royce WR-21 gas turbines, 2 shafts
- Range: 5,500 nautical miles (10,186 kilometers) at 18 knots (33.34 km/h)
- Speed: 33 knots (61.12 km/hr)
- Sensor Suite:
- Thales Nederland SMART-L D-Band long-range air and surface surveillance RDF
- Thales Nederland APAR I-Band air and surface search, tracking and guidance RDF x 1
- Thales Nederland Sirius IRST long-range infrared surveillance and tracking system x 1
- STN Atlas 9600-M multi-function I/J band ARPA RDFs x 2
- STN Atlas MSP 500 electro-optical fire control system x 1
- STN Atlas DSQS-24B bow ASDIC x 1
- Countermeasures:
- Rheinmetall TKWA/MASS decoy launcher x 2
- EADS FL1800 SII ECM Suite
- Sippican Hycor SuperRBOC launchers x 6
- EADS Maigret CESM
- Armament:
- 1 x Rheinmetall 155m/52-caliber MONARC compact naval gun (with guided VULCANO ammunition for land-attack missions (range: more than 99.78 km))
- 1 x 64-cell VLS (fires GWS.31 VL-Sea Dart Mk.II SAMs, VL-Orca ASW rockets, and Storm Wind cruiser missiles)
- 2 x 32-cell VLS fires GWS.27 Sea Wolf SAMs
- 2 x Thales Nederland 30mm Goalkeeper CIWS
- 2 x 12.75" triple fire torpedo tubes (fires Eurotorp MU90 Impact torpedoes)
- Aircraft Carried: 2 x NHIndustries NH-90 or 1 x AgustaWestland AW101 Merlin
- Aviation Facilities: Facilities for two medium helicopters or one large helicopter, flight deck
Ships[]
Flight I[]
- BMS Sachsen (DM 191)
- BMS Bayern (DM 192)
- BMS Thüringen (DM 193)
- BMS Pommern (DM 194)
Flight II[]
- BMS Schleswig-Holstein (DM 195)
- BMS Niedersachsen (DM 196)
- BMS Hessen (DM 197)
- BMS Mecklenburg (DM 198)
Flight III[]
- BMS Schliesen (DM 199)
- BMS Saarland (DM 200)
- BMS Sachsen-Anhalt (DM 201)
- BMS Rheinland-Pfalz (DM 202)
- BMS Nordrhein-Westfalen (DM 203)
- BMS Silesia (DM 204)