April 2005. The Baltic Sea. Photo by I. Karpenkov.

Country: Germany.
Class, [Type]: Brandenburg, [FFG].
Homeport: Wilhemshaven.

Callsign: DRAJ (     )

Builder: Blohm and Voss, Kiel, Germany.
Laid down date: 16 December 1993.
Launch date: 30 June 1994.
Commission date: 15 June 1996.

Displacement ( tons ): 5400 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 127 x 16,5 x 7.
Main machinery: 2 x 2 MM38 Exoset; SAM: 1 x Mk41 VLS for 16 NATO Sea Sparrow missiles, 2 x 21 Mk49 RAM ( RIM-116A missiles ).
Speed ( knots ): 29.
Range ( miles ): 4000 at 18 knots.
Complement: 229 ( 31 officers ).

Guns: 1 x 1 76mm OTO Melara Mk75, 2 x 1 20mm Rheinmetall Rh-202.
Missiles: SSM: 2 x 2 MM38 Exoset; SAM: 1 x Mk41 VLS for 16 NATO Sea Sparrow missiles, 2 x 21 Mk49 RAM ( RIM-116A missiles ). 
Torpedoes: 2 x 2 324mm Mk32 ( Mk46 torpedoes ).

Radars: Air: LW-08; Air/Surface: SMART; Navigation: 2 x Redpath; Fire Control: 2 x STIR 180.
Sonars: DSQS-23BZ, LFASS ( towed array sonar ).
Countermeasures: Decoys: 2 x OTO Melara SCLAR.
Helicopters: 2 x Sea Lynx Mk-88A.