Brandenburg - F215

Type:	Frigate
Displacement:	3,600 tons (4,490t full load)[1]
Length:	138.85 metres (455.5 ft)[1]
Beam:	16.7 metres (55 ft)[1]
Draught:	4.35 metres (14.3 ft) (6.3 metres (21 ft) over sonar)[1]
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 total two Renk BGS 178 Lo gearboxes
Speed:	>29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph)[1]
Range:	4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km; 4,600 mi)at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)[1]
Complement:	26 officers, 193 enlisted[1]
Sensors and processing systems:	One Thales LW08 air search D band radar one Thales SMART-S air/surface surveillance F band radar two Thales STIR 180 fire-control radar two Raytheon Redpath I band navigation radar one STN Atlas DSQS-23BZ hull-mounted sonar one STN Atlas TASS 6-3 (LFTASS) towed array sonar (Bayern only)
Electronic warfare & decoys:	1 EADS FL 1800S ECM suite two OTO-Melara SCLAR launcher four TKWA/MASS (Multi Ammunition Softkill System) decoy launcher (currently under procurement)
Armament:	Naval guns: One OTO-Melara 76 mm/62Mk-75 multi-purpose naval gun Two Rheinmetall Rh202 rapid-fire cannons to be replaced by Mauser BK-27 27 mm rapid-fire cannons Antiaircraft warfare: One Mk 41 Mod 3 vertical launch system for 16 Sea Sparrow antiaircraft missiles (ESSM planned) CIWS: Two x Mk 49 launcher for 21 x Rolling Airframe Missiles Antiship missiles: Four x MM38 Exocet antiship missiles (To be replaced by RBS 15 Mk. 3) Antisubmarine warfare: Four 324 mm torpedo tubes, Mk 46 torpedoes
Aircraft carried:	Two Sea Lynx helicopters equipped with ASW torpedoes, or air-to-surface missiles Sea Skua, and a heavy machine gun.