F 260 BRAUNSCHWEIG
K130 Braunschweig class is Germany's newest class of ocean-going corvettes
*2006 Blohm & Voss (Comm.: April 16, 2008)
Displacement: 1,840 tonnes  Length: 89.12 m Beam: 13.28 m Draft: 3.40 m
2 x MTU 1163 20V Diesel (each 7400 kW) Speed: 26 knots
Armament: 1 × Otobreda 76 mm gun; 2 × MLG 27 mm autocannons; 2 × 21-cell RAM launcher
2 × 2-cell launcher with RBS-15 Mk.3 surface-to-surface missiles; Mine laying capability
Aircraft carried: Helopad and Hangar for two Camcopter S-100
Complement: 65 : 1 commander, 10 officers, 16 chief petty officers, 38 enlisted

The new lightweight gearing of the corvettes has experienced severe problems. Until the swiss contractor for the gearing, MAAG of Winterthur/Switzerland, for whom this was the first contract with the German Navy, can remedy the constructional deficiencies which have been identified early in the operation of the first vessels the commissioning of the three not yet commissioned corvettes has been delayed. They, as well as the first two already commissioned units, are currently laid up and unable to go to sea until the projected changes to the gearing have been effected. While the corvettes were originally projected to be commissioned between May 2007 and February 2009 operational capability is currently expected for mid 2011.