''Nordrhein-Westfalen'' (F223) is the second ship of the s of the

German Navy The German Navy (, ) is the navy of Germany and part of the unified ''Bundeswehr'' (Federal Defense), the German Armed Forces. The German Navy was originally known as the ''Bundesmarine'' (Federal Navy) from 1956 to 1995, when ''Deutsche Mari ...

Background

''Nordrhein-Westfalen'' was designed and constructed by ARGE F125, a

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Thyssen-Krupp ThyssenKrupp AG (, ; stylized as thyssenkrupp) is a German industrial engineering and steel production multinational conglomerate. It is the result of the 1999 merger of Thyssen AG and Krupp and has its operational headquarters in Duisburg an ...

and

Lürssen Lürssen (or Lürssen Werft) is a German shipyard with headquarters in Bremen-Vegesack and shipbuilding facilities in Lemwerder, Berne and Bremen-Fähr-Lobbendorf. Lürssen designs and constructs yachts, naval ships and special vessels. Tradin ...

. She is part of the has the highest displacement of any class of

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worldwide, and are used to replace the .

Construction and career

''Nordrhein-Westfalen'' was

laid down Laying the keel or laying down is the formal recognition of the start of a ship's construction. It is often marked with a ceremony attended by dignitaries from the shipbuilding company and the ultimate owners of the ship. Keel laying is one o ...

on 24 October 2012 and launched on 16 April 2015 in

Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal ...

. She was commissioned on 10 June 2020.

Gallery

File:German frigates F223 and F225 in Hamburg, August 2019.jpg, ''Nordrhein-Westfalen'' moored opposite on 31 August 2019 File:The frigate Nordrhein-Westfalen F223 is towed into dock 17 of the B&V shipyard.jpg, ''Nordrhein-Westfalen'' being towed into dock 17 of the

Blohm and Voss Blohm+Voss (B+V), also written historically as Blohm & Voss, Blohm und Voß etc., is a German shipbuilding and engineering company. Founded in Hamburg in 1877 to specialise in steel-hulled ships, its most famous product was the World War II battle ...

(B&V) shipyard on 10 November 2015. File:F223 Nordrhein-Westfalen.jpg, ''Nordrhein-Westfalen'' on 22 May 2019.

References

External links

Seaforces.org
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