Type 343 Hameln
IOC: 1989
Total Production: 10
Ensdorf
Production: 5
Also Known As
HL 352
Origin
Germany
Contractor/s
Abeking & Rasmussen
Lurssen
Applications
Frankenthal
Family Members
Kulmbach
SAM & ABM Missiles:
FIM-92 Stinger (2)
Guns & Missile Launchers:
40mm Mk3 (2)
Protection Systems:
MASS
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Description:
The SM 343 Hameln-class are non-magnetizable steel hull vessels designed in the 1980s to serve as fast minesweepers in the German Navy. Its propulsion system consists of two diesels, two shafts developing 4,080 KW of power and allowing a top speed of 18 knots. Type 434 ships are equipped with two 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns, mine laying equipment with 60 mines, DSQS-11 minehunting sonar, and two launchers for Stinger missiles. The German Navy commissioned ten hulls between 1989 and 1991.
Between 1999 and 2001, the ten vessels of this class underwent a major modification program which divided them into two classes, with five hulls each, suitable for minehunting (MJ 333) and drone control vessels role (HL 352) as part of the Troika system. The HL 352 Ensdorf class vessels equipped with the Troika Advanced Mine CounterMeasure (MCM) system act as control ships for four unmanned surface drones called simulation sweeping craft (SSC). The SSCs simulate acoustic and magnetic signatures of minesweepers triggering the detonation mechanism of the mines while the control ship stays safely outside the minefield.
Specifications
Accommodation: Crew 38
Guns: Main Gun Caliber 40 mm
Dimensions: Beam 9.2 m, Draft 2.5 m, Length 54.4 m
Weights: Full Displacement 635 t
Performance: Top Speed 18 kt (33 kph)
Power: Power 4,080 kW
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Notes
(*) lead contractor
IOC: Initial Operating Capability
FOC: Full Operating Capability
CEP: Circular Error Probable
Comm: Commissioning Date
Meters (m) Kilometers (km) Nautic Miles (nm) Inch (in) Yard (yd) Foot (ft) Millimeter (mm)
Pound (lb) Kilogram (kg) kN (KiloNewton) Ton (t)
Meters per Second (mps) Kilometers per Hour (kph) Knot (kt) Miles per Hour (mph)
Liter (l) Galon (gl)
Year (yr) Minutes (min) Second (sec)
Shaft-Horse-Power (shp)
Last Updated: Saturday, December 20, 2008
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