German corvette Magdeburg
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For other ships with the same name, see German ship Magdeburg.
Magdeburg (F261) is the second ship of the Braunschweig-class corvette of the German Navy.
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Magdeburg underway on 4 March 2008 | |
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Germany | |
Name | Magdeburg |
Namesake | Magdeburg |
Port of registry | Hamburg, Germany |
Ordered | December 2001 |
Builder | Lürssen-Werft, Hamburg |
Cost | €240 million |
Laid down | 19 May 2005 |
Launched | 6 September 2006 |
Commissioned | 22 September 2008 |
Homeport | Rostock, Germany |
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Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Type | Braunschweig-class corvette |
Displacement | 1,840 tonnes (1,810 long tons) |
Length | 89.12 m (292 ft 5 in) |
Beam | 13.28 m (43 ft 7 in) |
Draft | 3.4 m (11 ft 2 in) |
Propulsion | 2 MTU 20V 1163 TB 93 diesel engines producing 14.8MW, driving two controllable-pitch propellers. |
Speed | 26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph) |
Range | 4,000 nmi (7,400 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)[1] |
Endurance | 7 days; 21 days with tender[2] |
Complement | 65 : 1 commander, 10 officers, 16 chief petty officers, 38 enlisted |
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Aircraft carried | Helicopter pad and hangar for two Saab Skeldar |
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