Type 332 Frankenthal Class Mine Hunter FGS Gromitz (M1064) of the German Navy photographed 24 & 25 May 2013 in Liverpool.
She was visiting the city as part of the Battle of the Atlantic celebrations and belongs to the 5th Minesweeper Squadron.
She was visiting the city as part of the Battle of the Atlantic celebrations and belongs to the 5th Minesweeper Squadron.
Commissioned in 1994 she was originally one of twelve ships in the class although a number have since been sold to the United Arab Emirates
She has a displacement of 650t with a length of 54.4m, 9.2m beam and 2.6m draft.
Propulsion is via two MTU 16V 538 TB91 diesel engines rated at 2040kW, in addition to two electric motors for slow and silent manouvering. Speed is noted as being 18 knots and the ships complement 41.
She has a displacement of 650t with a length of 54.4m, 9.2m beam and 2.6m draft.
Propulsion is via two MTU 16V 538 TB91 diesel engines rated at 2040kW, in addition to two electric motors for slow and silent manouvering. Speed is noted as being 18 knots and the ships complement 41.
Her main armanent consists of a Rheinmetall MLG 27 27mm cannon. This weapon is a single-barrel, high performance, breech-cylinder gun operated by a fully automatic electrically fired gas-operated system at a selective rate of
1000 or 1700 rounds per minute. Muzzle velocite is 1025 m/s.
1000 or 1700 rounds per minute. Muzzle velocite is 1025 m/s.
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