At a small ceremony today due to the pandemic, the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) was presented with the frigate Saxony-Anhalt handed over. She is the third ship of the F 125 class and was built and delivered by the F 125 consortium, consisting of Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems and the Lürssen shipyard. On board in Wilhelmshaven, the BAAINBw was represented by the head of the acceptance commission, Matthias Rohde, and the responsible project manager Marc Steffen. Programme manager Patrick Buggenthin signed the handover documents on behalf of TKMS. The fourth and final ship in the class, the Rhineland-Palatinateto the BAAINBw.
Frigate Saxony-Anhalt
Thyssenkrupp Marine System was commissioned with the construction as the lead company. The division of labour meant that the foreships with the corresponding pre-equipment were built at the Fr. Lürssen shipyard in Bremen and Wolgast. The production of the aft hulls, the assembly of the ship halves, the further final outfitting as well as the commissioning and testing were carried out in Hamburg by the Lürssen subsidiary Blohm + Voss.
The frigate Saxony-Anhalt She was laid down on 4 June 2014 and should be handed over at the end of September 2018. With a length of 149 metres and a width of 18 metres, the frigates displace around 7200 tonnes. The crew consists of just 126 men and women, and a maximum of 190 people can be accommodated on board.
Handover ceremony in a small circle
Text: mb; Photos: Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems/Peter Neumann
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