German frigate Emden (F210)

	Emden in 2009
History
Germany
Name	Emden
Builder	Nordseewerke, Emden
Laid down	23 June 1980
Launched	17 December 1980
Commissioned	7 October 1983
Decommissioned	29 November 2013
Identification	Pennant number: F210; MMSI number: 211210250; Call sign: DRAT;
Status	Laid up
General characteristics
Class and type	Bremen-class frigate
Displacement	3,680 tonnes (3,620 long tons)
Length	130.50 m (428 ft 2 in)
Beam	14.60 m (47 ft 11 in)
Draft	6.30 m (20 ft 8 in)
Installed power	CODOG (Combined diesel or gas); 2 × MTU 20V956 TB92 diesel engines, 8.14 MW (10,920 hp) total; 2 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 38 MW (51,000 hp) total; 2 × Renk STG 150-50 gearboxes, 10:1 (diesel) and 720:47 (turbine); 4 × Deutz MWM diesel-generators, 750 kW (1,010 hp);
Propulsion	2 × propeller shafts, controllable pitch, five-bladed Sulzer-Escher propellers
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h)
Range	more than 4,000 nmi (7,400 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement	202 crew plus 20 aviation
Sensors and ; processing systems	1 × EADS TRS-3D air search radar (three-dimensional); 1 × WM 25 combined surface search and fire control radar I/J band; 1 × Thales Nederland STIR 180 fire-control radar I/J/K band; 1 × Kelvin Hughes Nucleus 5000 I band navigation radar; 1 × STN Atlas DSQS-23BZ hull-mounted sonar;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	ESM/ECM EADS FL 1800S; 2 × SCLAR decoys; SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy;
Armament	Naval guns:; 1 × OTO-Melara 76 mm dual-purpose gun; 2 × Mauser MLG27 27 mm autocannons; Antiaircraft warfare:; 1 × 8-cell launch system, 16 × Sea Sparrow surface to air missiles; CIWS:; 2 × MK 49 launcher, 21 × RAM each; Anti-ship missiles:; 2 × quadruple Harpoon anti-ship missile launchers; Antisubmarine warfare:; 2 × Mark 32 324-mm twin torpedo launchers, 8 × DM4A1 or Mark 46 torpedo;
Aircraft carried	Place for 2 Sea Lynx Mk.88A helicopters equipped with torpedoes, air-to-surface missiles Sea Skua, and/or heavy machine gun.

Emden was a Bremen-class frigate of the German Navy. She was the fourth ship of the class, and the fifth ship to serve with one of the navies of Germany to be named after the city of Emden, in Lower Saxony. Her predecessor was the frigate Emden of the Bundesmarine, one of the Köln class.

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