Kulmbach-class mine hunter

Kulmbach-class mine hunter
Kulmbach-class mine hunters stationed at Kiel Naval Base
Class overview
Operators:	German Navy
Preceded by:	Hameln class minesweeper
Built:	1999-2001
Active:	2
General characteristics
Displacement:	635 tonnes
Length:	54.40 m
Beam:	9.20 m
Draught:	2.84 m
Propulsion:	2 x MTU 16V 538 TB91 diesel engines, 2240 kW each 2 x Renk PLS 25 gearboxes 2 x propeller shafts driving controllable pitch propellers
Speed:	18 knots
Complement:	37
Sensors and processing systems:	Navigation radar Hull-mounted DSQS-11 mine-detection sonar GPS-Navstar navigation system PALIS Digital data links M 20/2 fire-control system
Electronic warfare & decoys:	2 x TKWA/MASS (Multi Ammunition Softkill System) decoy launcher (currently under procurement)
Armament:	2 x Bofors 40mm/L70 dual-purpose gun (currently upgrading to MLG 27 remote-controlled autocannons) 2 x FIM-92 Stinger surface-to-air missile (MANPADS) stands Mine-laying capabilities

The Type 333 Kulmbach class is a class of five German Navy ships. Built as Type 343 Hameln class minesweepers, they have been upgraded to minehunters using Seefuchs expendable drones to detonate detected naval mines.

List of ships

Pennant number	Name	Call sign	commissioned	decommissioned
M1091	Kulmbach	DRFU	May 23, 1990	March 31, 2012
M1095	Überherrn	DRFS	September 19, 1989
M1096	Passau	DRFK	December 18, 1990	September 27, 2013
M1097	Laboe	DRFJ	December 7, 1989	March 28, 2012
M1099	Herten	DRFP	March 26, 1991

Notes: The listed commission dates are from their original commission as Type 343 boats since they were not formally recommissoned after their upgrade to Type 333 mine hunters.

The ships currently belong to the 3. Minensuchgeschwader (3rd Minesweeping Squadron) based in Kiel at the Baltic Sea.

References

• "Minenjagdboot KULMBACH-Klasse". German Navy. http://www.marine.de/portal/a/marine/kcxml/04_Sj9SPykssy0xPLMnMz0vM0Y_QjzKLNzKOD_QLAcmB2d5mQDZcNCglVd_XIz83Vd9bP0C_IDei3NFRUREAHJOnUA!!/delta/base64xml/L2dJQSEvUUt3QS80SVVFLzZfMjNfUVRE?yw_contentURL=%2F01DB070000000001%2FW2699H6E618INFODE%2Fcontent.jsp. Retrieved 5 August 2008. 

External links

• Marine-Portraits (German)