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{{Short description|German frigate class}}
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|Ship image=F221 fregatte emden IV 1983.jpg
|Ship caption=''Emden'' in 1983
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{{Infobox ship class overview
|Name= ''Köln''
|Builders=[[H. C. Stülcken Sohn]], Hamburg
|Operators=*{{Navy|Germany}}
*{{Navy|Turkey}}
|Class before=
|Class after={{sclass|Bremen|frigate|4}}
|Subclasses=
|Cost=
|Built range=1957–1964
|In service range=   
|In commission range=1961–1989
|Total ships building= 
|Total ships planned=
|Total ships completed=6
|Total ships cancelled=
|Total ships active=
|Total ships laid up=1
|Total ships lost=
|Total ships retired=6
|Total ships preserved=
}}
{{Infobox ship characteristics
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|Header caption= <ref name="Conways p144">Gardiner and Chumbley 1995, p. 144.</ref>
|Ship class=
|Ship type=Frigate
|Ship tonnage=
|Ship displacement= 2090 tons standard, 2750 tons full load
|Ship length=
*{{convert|105|m|ftin|abbr=on}} waterline
*{{convert|109.80|m|ftin|abbr=on}} overall
|Ship beam={{convert|11|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|Ship height=
|Ship draught={{convert|4.60|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|Ship power=
|Ship propulsion=
*2 shaft [[CODAG]]
*2 [[Asea Brown Boveri|Brown Boveri & Cie]] [[gas turbine]]s, 8832 kilowatts each (24,000 hp total)
*4 [[MAN SE|MAN]] 16-cylinder [[diesel engine]]s, 2208 kilowatts each (12,000hp total)
|Ship speed={{convert|32|kn}}
|Ship range=
*{{Convert|3450|nmi|-1}} at {{Convert|12|kn}},
*{{Convert|900|nmi|-1}} at {{Convert|30|kn}}<ref name="combat90 p538">Prézelin and Baker 1990, p. 538.</ref>
|Ship endurance=[[Bunker]]: 360 t
|Ship test depth=
|Ship boats=
|Ship complement=238
|Ship time to activate=
|Ship sensors=
*Navigation [[radar]] KH14/9
*Target designation radar DA-02
*Surface search radar SGR103
*[[Fire control radar]] M44, M45
*[[Sonar]] PAE/CWE hull mounted medium frequency sonar
|Ship EW=
|Ship armament=
*2 × 100 mm [[French 100 mm naval gun|METL 53]] guns
*2 twin barreled [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/70|40 mm/L70]] [[Breda Meccanica Bresciana|Breda]] Mod 58 II MDL [[anti-aircraft warfare|anti-aircraft]] guns
*2 single barreled 40 mm/L70 Bofors Mod 58 anti-aircraft guns
*4 × 533 mm [[torpedo tube]]s,
*2 quadruple [[Bofors 375mm anti submarine rockets|375 mm anti-submarine mortar]]
*[[depth charge]]s, [[naval mine|mine-laying]] capacity
|Ship notes=
}}
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The ships of the '''F120 ''Köln'' class''' of frigates were the first major warships built in [[Germany]] after [[World War II]].

They were the world's first ships to feature a [[combined diesel and gas]] propulsion system. The ships received numerous refits during their long careers with new electronics and torpedo tubes. They were replaced by [[Bremen-class frigate|Type 122 frigates]] in the 1980s and four ships were sold to the Turkish Navy.

==List of ships==
{|class="wikitable"
![[Pennant number|Pen-<br />nant]]
!Name
![[Shipyard]]
!Laid down<ref name="Conways p144"/>
!Launched<ref name="Conways p144"/>
!Com-<br />missioned<ref name="Conways p144"/>
!Decom-<br />missioned
!Fate
|-
|F220||''[[German frigate Köln (F220)|Köln]]''||[[Stülcken & Sohn]]
|21 December<br />1957
|6 December<br />1958
|15 April<br />1961
|17 December<br />1982
|Used as training [[hulk (ship type)|hulk]] in [[Neustadt in Holstein|Neustadt]]
|-
|F221||''[[German frigate Emden (F221)|Emden]]''||Stülcken & Sohn
|15 April<br />1958
|21 March<br />1959
|24 October<br />1961
|23 September<br />1983
|Sold to the [[Turkish Navy]] as [[German_frigate_Emden_(F221)#Construction_and_career|TCG ''Gemlik'' (D-361)]]; destroyed in a fire
|-
|F222||''[[German frigate Augsburg (F222)|Augsburg]]''||Stülcken & Sohn
|29 October<br />1958
|15 August<br />1959
|7 April<br />1962
|30 March<br />1988
|Broken up in [[Hamburg]]
|-
|F223||''[[German frigate Karlsruhe (F223)|Karlsruhe]]''||Stülcken & Sohn
|15 December<br />1958
|15 August<br />1959
|15 December<br />1962
|28 March<br />1983
|sold to the Turkish Navy as TCG ''Gazi Osman Pasa'' (D-360); renamed [[German_frigate_Karlsruhe_(F223)#Construction_and_career|''Gelibolu'']] 1984
|-
|F224||[[German frigate Lübeck (F224)|''Lübeck'']]||Stülcken & Sohn
|28 October<br />1959
|23 July<br />1960
|6 June<br />1963
|1 December<br />1988
|sold to the Turkish Navy for [[Cannibalization of machine parts|cannibalization]]
|-
|F225||''[[German frigate Braunschweig (F225)|Braunschweig]]''||Stülcken & Sohn
|28 July<br />1960
|3 February<br />1962
|16 June<br />1964
|4 July<br />1989
|sold for spare parts to the Turkish Navy, 1989, replaced [[German_frigate_Emden_(F221)#Construction_and_career|TCG ''Gemlik'' (D-361)]] after fire on originally-named ship, 1992
|}

All ships were stationed as second frigate squadron in [[Wilhelmshaven]].

==See also==
*[[List of frigates]]
*[[List of naval ship classes of Germany]]

==Citations==
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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. {{ISBN|1-55750-132-7}}.
*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. {{ISBN|0-87021-250-8}}.

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