Baden-Württemberg-class frigate

	German Navy frigate Baden-Württemberg in Wilhelmshaven, 2017
Class overview
Builders	ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems/Lürssen; Peene-Werft, Wolgast;
Operators	German Navy
Preceded by	Bremen class
Cost	ca. €775 million (2007) (equivalent to €959.81 million in 2021) per ship
Built	2011–2022
In commission	2019–present
Planned	4
Active	4
General characteristics (Note that the final design may differ)
Type	Frigate
Displacement	7,200 t (7,100 long tons)
Length	149.52 m (490 ft 7 in)
Beam	18.80 m (61 ft 8 in)
Draft	5.40 m (17 ft 9 in)
Installed power	43,000 shp (32,000 kW)
Propulsion	CODLAG; 1 × 20 MW gas turbine; 2 × 4.7 MW electric motors; 4 × 2.9 MW diesel generators; 3 × gearboxes: one for each shaft and one to crossconnect the gas turbine to them; 2 × shafts, driving controllable pitch propellers; 1 × 1 MW bow thruster;
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) on diesel only, 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph) max.
Range	8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi)
Boats & landing; craft carried	Submarine ROVs; 4 × 11 m (36 ft) RHIB, capable of more than 40 knots (74 km/h; 46 mph);
Capacity	Space for two 6.1 m (20 ft 0 in) containers
Complement	190 (standard crew: 110)
Sensors &; processing systems	4 × Hensoldt TRS-4D AESA fixed planar arrays radars; 2 × navigation radars from Anschütz (X and S-band) and the INBS Synapsis; IFF; diver and swimmer detection sonar (no anti-submarine sonar); Laser warning; 1 × KORA-18 Combined RADAR and COMMS ESM from GEDIS; 2 × MSP 600 video and infrared target tracker; 1 × SIMONE 360 degree infrared monitoring; Link 11, Link 16, Link 22 communications systems;
Electronic warfare; & decoys	TKWA/MASS (Multi Ammunition Softkill System) with 4 launchers; ECM;
Armament	Naval guns:; 1 × 127 mm (5") lightweight Otobreda naval gun with guided Vulcano ammunition for land-attack missions (range: more than 100 km (62 mi)); 2 × 27 mm MLG 27 remote-controlled autocannons; 5 × 12.7 mm Hitrole-NT remote-controlled machine gun turrets; 2 × 12.7 mm heavy machine guns (manually controlled); Close-In Weapon System:; 2 × RAM Block II launchers, 21 missiles each; Anti-ship missiles:; 8 × RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missiles (interim solution until joint sea/land attack Naval Strike Missile becomes available); Non-Lethal:; Water cannons;
Aircraft carried	2 × NH-90 helicopters

The F125 Baden-Württemberg-class frigates are a series of frigates of the German Navy, which were designed and constructed by ARGE F125, a joint-venture of Thyssen-Krupp and Lürssen. The Baden-Württemberg class is the heaviest displacement of any class of frigates worldwide. They replaced the F122 Bremen class. They are primarily designed for stabilization, crisis management, conflict prevention, and international intervention operations, asymmetric threat control at sea and support of special forces. Despite the ship's substantial size and weight, the ship carries no vertical launching system (VLS), medium or long-range surface-to-air missile, or anti-submarine torpedo. Lack of firepower makes the ship unsuitable for major naval battle.