FRANKENTHAL CLASS (TYPE

332), GERMANY

INTRODUCTION
THE FRANKENTHAL CLASS (TYPE 332) MINESWEEPERS HAVE BEEN BUILT FOR THE
GERMAN NAVY BY ABEKING & RASMUSSEN AND LURSSENWERFT SHIPYARDS.
THEY WERE BUILT BETWEEN 1992 AND 1998 AND ARE PART OF THE GERMAN NAVY'S
MINESWEEPER SQUADRON 1, WITH HEADQUARTERS IN OLPENITZ.
THE SHIPS SHARE A COMMON HULL DESIGN WITH THE HAMELN CLASS TYPE 343
MINESWEEPERS, BUILT BY THE SAME PRIME CONTRACTOR, AN INDUSTRIAL
CONSORTIUM LED BY STN SYSTEMTECHNIK NORD.

THE SHIPS ARE CONSTRUCTED OF NON-MAGNETIC STEEL.

COMMAND & CONTROL

THE SHIP'S TACTICAL COMMAND SYSTEM IS THE TCD TACTICAL
COMMAND AND DOCUMENTATION SYSTEM.
THE SYSTEM IS USED TO PREPARE, CONTROL AND TO DOCUMENT ALL
THE PHASES OF MINE COUNTERMEASURES OPERATIONS, INCLUDING
PLANNING

THE

TRACKS

IN

THE

SELECTED

SEARCH

AREA,

PRESENTATION OF THE TACTICAL AND NAVIGATIONAL DATA, CONTROL

OF SONAR AND NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT AND CONTACT MANAGEMENT
WITH CORRELATION OF NEW AND EXISTING TARGETS.

MISSILES
THE SHIP'S SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE IS THE STINGER
MANUFACTURED BY RAYTHEON MISSILE SYSTEMS AND
ALSO UNDER LICENCE BY EADS.
THE SHIP HAS TWO FOUR-CELL STINGER LAUNCHERS
PORT AND STARBOARD.

THE INFRARED-GUIDED STINGER FIM-92 MISSILE

PROVIDES SHORT-RANGE DEFENCE AGAINST LOW-FLYING
AIRCRAFT.

SENSORS
THE DSQS-11M MINEHUNTING SONAR IS A HIGH-DEFINITION DUAL FREQUENCY HULLMOUNTED SONAR WHICH PROVIDES COMPUTER-AIDED DETECTION (CAD) AND
CLASSIFICATION (CAC) OF ALL TYPES OF TARGETS INCLUDING GROUND MINES, SHORT
TETHERED MINES AND IN-VOLUME MINES.
THE SYSTEM GIVES 3D TARGET LOCATION AND TRACKING OF STATIONARY AND MOVING
TARGETS.THE DSQS-11M MINEHUNTING SONAR USES SIDE-SCANNING MODE FOR ROUTE
SURVEY TASKS.
LOW-FREQUENCY SONAR IS USED FOR LONG-RANGE DETECTION AND CLASSIFICATION AND
HIGHER FREQUENCIES ARE USED FOR HIGH-RESOLUTION DETECTION AGAINST HIGHBACKGROUND CLUTTER AND FOR ECHO- AND SHADOW-MODE TARGET CLASSIFICATION.

PROPULSION
THE SHIP IS EQUIPPED WITH TWO MTU 16V 538 TB91 DIESEL
ENGINES EACH PROVIDING 2,200KW, WITH TWO SHAFTS DRIVING
CONTROLLABLE-PITCH PROPELLERS.

THE ENGINES PROVIDE A SPEED OF 18KT TO THE AREA OF

OPERATIONS.

FOR STATION KEEPING IN MINEHUNTING OPERATIONS AT LOW

SPEED, PROPULSION IS SWITCHED OVER TO THE ELECTRIC MOTORS.

SPECIFICATIONS

TYPE: MINE HUNTER

DISPLACEMENT: 650 T
LENGTH: 54.4 M (178 FT)
BEAM: 9.2 M (30 FT)
DRAFT: 2.6 M (8 FT 6 IN)
SPEED: 18 KN
COMPLEMENT: 41

REFERENCES

HTTP://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/FRANKENTHAL-CLASS_MINEHUNTER
HTTP://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/FILE:M1064_GR%C3%B6MITZ_1.JPG
HTTP://
WWW.NAVAL-TECHNOLOGY.COM/PROJECTS/FRANKENTHAL/FRANKENTHAL1
.HTML
HTTP://WWW.NAVAL-TECHNOLOGY.COM/PROJECTS/FRANKENTHAL/

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