''Lübeck'' (F224) was a which served in the '' Bundesmarine'' from 1963 through 1988.

Design

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and parts of the

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were made of shipbuilding

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, other superstructure parts were made of

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. Due to the installation of gas turbines, large side air inlets were necessary, which could be closed by lamellas. The stern was designed as a round stern. The large funnel was sloped and skirted. Behind the bridge superstructure stood the tall

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with

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and other antennas. The hull was divided into 13 watertight compartments. On the forecastle was a 10 cm gun, behind it, set higher, a 4 cm twin gun. Behind it stood two quadruple anti-submarine missile launchers 37.5 cm from Bofors. A 4 cm Bofors single gun on each side of the aft superstructure and another 4 cm double mount at the end of the superstructure. There was a second 10 cm gun on the quarterdeck. In addition, there were two 53.3 cm torpedo tubes behind the front superstructures. They were used to fire Mk-44 torpedoes. Mine rails were laid behind the torpedo tubes and ran to the stern.

Construction and career

''Lübeck'' was built by Stülcken & Sohn,

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. She was laid down on 28 October 1959, launched on 23 July 1960, and was commissioned on 6 June 1963.Gardiner and Chumbley 1995, p. 144. After 25 years of service, ''Lübeck'' was taken out of active service on 30 September 1988 and sold to

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. On 14 November, she set sail for

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, Turkey with skeleton crew of 140 personnel. She was formally decommissioned on 1 December 1988 and handed over to the

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. Turkish navy used her as spare parts source for other in Turkish service.

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References

*Gardiner, Robert and Stephen Chumbley. ''Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995''. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press, 1995. . *Prézelin, Bernard and A.D. Baker III. ''The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World 1990/1991''. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press, 1990. .

Design

Construction and career

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