Frigate SACHSEN (F 219) in Kiel-Canal

German navy Class-124 Frigate in Kiel Canal passing Levensau Canal bridge and passing Schwartenbek  assisted by tug Kitzeberg 2011/03/27

German Type 124 Frigate, launched 1999, comm. 2005
Buider: Blohm & Voss, Hamburg
Displacement: 5,960 tons full load
Dimensions: 143 x 17.2 x 7 meters meters (469 x 56 x 22.4 feet)
Propulsion: 2 shafts; 2 cruise diesels, 19,848 bhp
1 LM2500 boost gas turbine,
32,500 shp,29knots
Crew: 225 + 14 flag
Aviation: helicopter deck and hangar for 2 Lynx helos
Radar: APAR 3-D multifunction
Sonar: DSQS-21B  EW: FL-1800S II intercept, chaff
Armament: 32 cell VLS (24 SM-2MR and 32 ESSM), 8 Harpoon SSM, 2 21-cell RAM
launchers,76 mm OTO P, 2 triple 12.75 inch torpedo tubes, 2 20 mm

SACHSEN (F 219)

First large navyship to use the new german navy floating dock in Kiel Marinearsenal assisted by tugs "Lütje Hörn (Y819) and Falckenstein 2011/03/25

SACHSEN: German Type 124 Frigate, launched 1999, comm. 2005
Buider: Blohm & Voss, Hamburg
Displacement: 5,960 tons full load
Dimensions: 143 x 17.2 x 7 meters meters (469 x 56 x 22.4 feet)
Propulsion: 2 shafts; 2 cruise diesels, 19,848 bhp, 1 LM2500 boost gas turbine,
32,500 shp,29knots
Crew: 225 + 14 flag
Aviation: helicopter deck and hangar for 2 Lynx helos
Radar: APAR 3-D multifunction
Sonar: DSQS-21B
EW: FL-1800S II intercept, chaff
Armament: 32 cell VLS (24 SM-2MR and 32 ESSM), 8 Harpoon SSM, 2 21-cell RAM
launchers,76 mm OTO P, 2 triple 12.75 inch torpedo tubes, 2 20 mm

NRP ARPAO (S 161)

New Portugese submarine at HDW TKMS synchrolift in Kiel 2011/03/24

New portugese Type U-209PN sub delivered by TKMS Kiel to portugese
navy in late 2010. The new submarine has a combined diesel-electric and fuel cell
propulsion system. Equipped with ultra-modern sensors and an integrated
Command and Weapon Control System, it is optimally suited to its future
reconnaissance and surveillance tasks. The contract for the two submarines was
signed in 2004 between the Portuguese State and the German Submarine Consortium (GSC).
Length overall approx. 68m, Height approx. 13 m
Displacement approx. 1,850 t, Complement 32
Sister to NRP TRIDENTE

SEEHUND 2 & 3 (TROIKA-PLUS-SYSTEM)

Kieler Förde outbound 2011/03/20

SEEHUND-type remote-control solenoid sweep
make up the TROIKA PLUS system -
Class of 18 ships
Built by MaK Kiel & Blohm+Voss, Hamburg 1980-1982
L: 26.9m B: 4.6m D: 1.4m
Displ.: 99 t 328 kW (446 PS) 9kn 3 Crew

HAMELN (M 1092)

Kieler Förde outbound followed by four SEEHUND (Troika system boats) 2011/03/20

German Minesweeper Class 352, TROIKA-MOD-Control-Vessel.
* 1990 Kröger Werft (Lürssen Group), Rendsburg
Comm.: 1990/07/17
Length: 54.4m Beam: 9.2m Draft: 2.5m
Displ.: 590ts
Converted from fast minesweeper to drone control vessel

HNoMS UTSTEIN (S 302)

Royal Norwegian navy submarine visit in Kiel at Tirpitzmole (Kiel navy port) 2011/03/15

ULA-Class (German submarine class 210). The combat systems were made in Norway by Kongsberg, the attack sonar is German and the flank sonars French. The hull sections were produced in Norway, and then assembled in Germany by Thyssen Nordseewerke, Emden.
Utstein commissioned in 1991
Displacement: Surface: 1,040 tons
Submerged: 1,150 tons
Length: 59 m (194 ft), Beam: 5.4 m (18 ft), Draft: 4.6 m (15 ft)
Propulsion: Diesel-electric
2 MTU 16V 396 diesel engines (970kW each) 1 electric motor, 6,000 shp
Speed: Surface: 11 kn (20 km/h)
Submerged: 23 kn (43 km/h)
Range: 5,000 miles at 8 knots (15 km/h)