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German frigate Hamburg
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Hamburg is a Sachsen-class frigate of the German Navy.
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![]() Hamburg escorting USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in 2013 | |
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Name | Hamburg |
Builder | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Kiel |
Laid down | 1 September 2000 |
Launched | 16 August 2002 |
Commissioned | 13 December 2004 |
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Status | Active |
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Class and type | Sachsen-class frigate |
Displacement | 5,800 tonnes |
Length | 143 m (469 ft) |
Beam | 17.44 m (57.2 ft) |
Draught | 6 m (20 ft) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph) |
Range | 4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi)+ at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Complement | 230 crew + 13 aircrew |
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Electronic warfare & decoys | |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 2 Sea Lynx Mk.88A or 2 NH90 helicopters equipped with torpedoes, air-to-surface missiles Sea Skua, and/or heavy machine gun. |
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