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Type 343 Hameln


IOC: 1989
Total Production: 10

Kulmbach


Production: 5

Also Known As
MJ 333


Origin
Germany


Contractor/s
Abeking & Rasmussen
Lurssen

Family Members
Ensdorf

SAM & ABM Missiles:
FIM-92 Stinger (2)

Aircraft, Vehicles & Crafts:
Seafox (2)

Guns & Missile Launchers:
40mm Mk3 (2)

Protection Systems:
MASS

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 MJ 333 Kulmbach class are minehunters equipped with two SeaFox mine disposal underwater vehicles.

Specifications
Accommodation: Crew 37

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 4,480 kW

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Operators

Germany / 5

As of Holdings
2008 5

Ships

M1091 Kulmbach

Commissioning: 1990

M1095 Uberherrn

Commissioning: 1989

M1096 Passau

Commissioning: 1990

M1097 Laboe

Commissioning: 1989

M1099 Hertne

Commissioning: 1991



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Internet Resources
KULMBACH-Klasse

Notes
(*) lead contractor
IOC: Initial Operating Capability
FOC: Full Operating Capability
CEP: Circular Error Probable
Comm: Commissioning Date
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