Mecklenburg-Vorpommern - F218 seen in Wilhelmshaven on 08.06.07

Builder: Bremer Vulkan
Callsign: DRAK
Pennant number: F218
Name: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Laid down: November 23, 1993
Launched: February 23, 1995
Commission date: December 1, 1996
Length: 138.9 m
Beam: 16.7 m
Draft: 6.8 m
Displacement: 4900 t
Propulsion: combined diesel or gas
2 propeller shafts, controllable pitch propellers
2 MTU 20V 956 TB92 diesel-engines, 8.14 MW each
2 General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 38 MW each
2 Renk BGS 178 Lo gearboxes
Range: 4000 nautical miles at 18 kts
Maximum speed: 29 kts
Sensors:
1 Thales LW08 air search D band radar
1 Thales SMART-F air/surface search F band radar
2 Thales STIR 180 fire-control radar
2 Raytheon Redpath I band navigation radar
1 STN Atlas DSQS-23BZ hull-mounted sonar
1 STN Atlas LFASS towed array sonar to be fitted
Communication: Link 16 and Link 11
Countermeasures:
1 EADS FL 1800S ECM suite
2 OTO-Melara SCLAR launcher
4 TKWA/MASS decoy launcher (currently under procurement)
Armament:
1 Mk 41 Mod 3 vertical launch system, 16 cells Seasparrow surface-to-air missiles (ESSM planned)
2 Mk 49 launcher with 21 RAM surface-to-air/CIWS-missiles each
4 MM38 Exocet anti-ship missiles
1 OTO-Melara 76mm/62Mk-75 dual-purpose gun
2 Rheinmetall Rh202 autocannons to be replaced by (or already replaced with) MLG 27 27 mm autocannon
4 324 mm torpedo tubes, Mk46 Mod 2 torpedoes
Aicraft:
2 Sea Lynx Mk.88A helicopters
Complement: 218 (including air crew of 19)