BRANDENBURG (F 215)

Kieler Förde inbound 2012-06-28

F123 Brandenburg class frigate

Shipyard Blohm + Voss
Laid down February 11, 1992
Launched August 28, 1992
Commissioned October 14, 1994

Displacement: 4,900 tonnes
Length: 138.9m Beam: 16.7m Draft: 6.8m

Propulsion: CODOG (combined diesel or gas)
two propeller shafts, controllable pitch propellers
two MTU 20V 956 TB92 diesel-engines, 8.14 MW each
two General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 38 MW each
two Renk BGS 178 Lo gearboxes
Speed: 29 knots

Data at Wikipedia

U31 & U33

U31 in water and U33 on HDW/TKMS Synchrolift June 25, 2012

U 33

U33

U33

MUNSTER (Y 839)

Kieler Förde inbound June 23, 2012

German Army 905 Class Range Safety & Rescue Craft
Heeresflugabwehrschule A, Lehrgruppe B
*1994 Lürssen Werft
L: 28.70m B: 6.50 m
Displacement: 100 t
2 x KHD - Diesel each 755 kW 18kn


Baumholder (Y837) & Munster (Y839)

PUMA (S72 - P6122)

Kieler Förde inbound June 23, 2012

HMS ST. ALBANS (F83)

British Navy Type 23 frigate (Duke class)
at Kiel Navy port 2012-06-19

BREITGRUND (Y 866)

Incoming Kieler Förde June 18, 2012

German navy Service craft of BWB (WTD 71) in Eckernförde -
Class 745 (Stollergrund) Comm.: 23.02.1990

KALININGRAD (102)

Russian landing ship arriving for Kiel week visit
after Baltops 2012 June 15, 2012

Russian Ropucha I / Project 775 class landing ship
Stocznia Polnocna shipyards, in Gdansk
beachable, general-purpose LST-type design with bow and stern ramps for unloading vehicles
Displacement: 2,200 t / 3,200-4,360t full load
L: 112.5m B: 14.9m D: 2.9m
2 diesel turbines; 2 props., 19'200 hp; 6'100 n.m/18 kts
98 crew + 225 marines + tracks + tanks
Cargo: 482 tons, approx 230 troops

ALTA (M350)

Royal Norwegian Navy Alta class minesweeper
on Kieler Förde 15-06-2012

USS Normandy (CG-60)

Seen arriving Kieler Förde after Baltops 2012 on June 15, 2012

Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser. Normandy was laid down at Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, on 7 April 1987, launched on 19 March 1988, and commissioned on 9 December 1989. She is homeported in Norfolk, Virginia.

Displacement: Approx. 9,600 long tons (9,800 t) full load
Length: 173m Beam: 16.8m Draft: 10.2m
Propulsion: 4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbine engines, 80,000 shaft horsepower (60,000 kW) 2 × controllable-reversible pitch propellers, 2 × rudders
Speed: 32.5 knots
Complement: 33 officers, 27 Chief Petty Officers, and approx. 340 enlisted

Further details at Wikipedia