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{{Short description|Family of warships}}
[[Image:F221 Hessen-Kieler Woche 2007.jpg|thumb|right|250px|''Hessen'' (F 221), a F124-class frigate ({{sclass|Sachsen|frigate|1}}) of the German Navy.]]
The '''MEKO''' family of [[Engineering:Warship|warship]]s was developed by the German company [[Company:Blohm+Voss|Blohm+Voss]]. '''MEKO''' is a registered trademark. The portmanteau stands for "'''''Me'''hrzweck-'''Ko'''mbination''" (English: multi-purpose-combination). It is a concept in modern naval shipbuilding based on modularity of armament, electronics and other equipment, aiming at ease of maintenance and cost reduction.

MEKO ships include families of [[Engineering:Frigate|frigate]]s, [[Engineering:Corvette|corvette]]s and ocean-going [[Engineering:Patrol boat|patrol boat]]s. Construction of MEKO ships began in the late 1970s with the design and later building of Nigeria's MEKO 360 H1. Vessels of similar classes use different weapons systems. For example, for the main gun, some MEKO 200s use the Mk 45 Mod 2 gun, others use the French 100 mm naval gun or [[Engineering:OTO Melara 76 mm|Otobreda 76 mm]] gun.<ref>{{cite news |title=Overview Products + Services|url=https://www.thyssenkrupp-marinesystems.com/en/products-services.html|website=thyssenkrupp marine systems|accessdate=4 August 2019}}</ref>

The latest variant is the "Combat Ship for the Littorals" or MEKO CSL. It has also been called a "Littoral Combatant Ship", but it is much smaller than the American [[Engineering:Littoral combat ship|Littoral Combat Ship]] (LCS).<ref>[http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsbusiness.php?id=536334 Boustead Gets Letter Of Intent To Build Six Patrol Vessels] Malaysian National News Agency ~ BERNAMA, 18 October 2010</ref> There was speculation that this design would be of interest to [[Place:Israel|Israel]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.defence-guide.com/navy/military-products-and-services/mekoae-csl |title=MEKO CSL: The Combat Ship for the Littorals |access-date=2010-05-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302213511/http://defence-guide.com/navy/military-products-and-services/mekoae-csl |archive-date=2009-03-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=defense&id=news/dti/2010/05/01/DT_05_01_2010_p30-218249.xml&headline=Israeli%20Navy%20Wants%20Stealth%20Corvettes Israeli Navy Wants Stealth Corvettes]</ref>  but it was not.<ref>[http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=182358 MOD: No talks with Germany over sub]</ref> Ultimately however, Israel opted for four modified [[Engineering:Braunschweig-class corvette|K130 ''Braunschweig''-class corvettes]], the first of which is expected to enter service in 2019. The new variant is dubbed the {{sclass2|Sa'ar 6|corvette|1}}.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.globes.co.il/en/article-israel-signs-430m-deal-for-german-patrol-vessels-1001035494|title=Israel signs €430m deal for German patrol vessels - Globes English|website=Globes|date=11 May 2015|access-date=2016-07-18}}</ref> Four extended versions of MEKO A-100 light frigate vessels are planned to be supplied for the Brazilian Navy between 2025 and 2028. The consortium is formed by Germany's Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems, Embraer Defense & Security and Atech, a subsidiary of the Embraer Group. The construction of the vessels, which are more than 100 meters long, are planned for the Oceana shipyard in Itajaí.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://g1.globo.com/sp/vale-do-paraiba-regiao/noticia/2019/03/28/consorcio-com-embraer-e-escolhido-para-construir-navios-para-marinha.ghtml|title=Por US$ 1,6 bi, consórcio com Embraer é escolhido para construir navios para Marinha|website=G1|date=28 March 2019 |access-date=2019-03-28}}</ref>

== Models ==
The following MEKO models are known to have been built, organized by lineage and delivery dates:
* MEKO 360 (1981) is the earliest MEKO ship.
* MEKO 140 (1985) is designed as a companion ship of MEKO 360, developed from the Portuguese ''João Coutinho'' class corvettes.
* MEKO 200 (1987) is a frigate design. It evolved into the MEKO A-200 (2001) and the larger MEKO A-300 (planned for Greece and Poland).<ref name="nnmeko">{{cite web |url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2021/10/tkms-powerful-meko-a300-frigate/ |title=TKMS Lifts Veil On Powerful MEKO A-300 Class Frigate |last=Ozberk |first=Tayfun |work=Naval News |date=10 October 2021 |access-date=12 January 2022 }}</ref>
* F123 (1994), F124 (2002), and F125 (2016) are a line of MEKO frigates developed for the German Navy.
* K130 (2008) is a corvette designed for the German Navy using some F124 technology.
** Isreli Sa'ar 6 (2021) is a heavily modified descendant.
* MEKO A-100 (2019) is a current design.
** The 2012 A-100 is a single corvette developed from the A-200.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120322234916/http://www.blohmvoss-naval.com/en/meko-a-100.html MEKO® A-100]</ref> It is occasionally quoted as the same as the MEKO 100 RMN (2004).
** The current design is a family of three sizes (all heavier and longer than the 2012 A-100): corvette, light frigate, patrol corvette.<ref>{{cite web |title=Corvettes & Light Frigates |url=https://www.thyssenkrupp-marinesystems.com/en/products-services/surface-vessels/light-frigates |website=thyssenkrupp-marinesystems.com |language=en |quote=The Class MEKO® A-100 Patrol Corvette is the latest version of the Class 130 Corvette, which is in service with the German Navy.}}</ref>

{{As of|2021|10}}, the MEKO website showcases A-200, F125, and A-100 models. The following models are once mentioned on the website, but no examples are known to have been built:

* MEKO CSL (2012 website).
* MEKO D Corvette (2012 website).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120405081832/http://www.blohmvoss-naval.com/en/meko-d-corvette.html MEKO® D Corvette]</ref>
* MEKO 100 patrol corvette (2012 website). Based on both K130 and MEKO 100 patrol vessel.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blohmvoss-naval.com/en/meko-100-patrol-corvette.html |title=Blohm + Voss Naval |website=www.blohmvoss-naval.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322234613/http://www.blohmvoss-naval.com/en/meko-100-patrol-corvette.html |archive-date=22 March 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* MEKO A-300 frigate based on A-200 and F-125 offered Greece and Poland<ref name="nnmeko"/>

==Vessels==
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{| class="wikitable sortable"  
! Type !! Class !! style="width:100px" | Country !! Number!! Delivery !! Weight !! Length o.a. (m) !! Beam (m) !! Draught (m) !! Main gun !! [[Engineering:Surface-to-air missile|SAM]] !! [[Engineering:Anti-ship missile|ASM]] !! Image
|-
|MEKO 360 H1 ||{{ship|NNS|Aradu||2}} ||{{NGA}} ||1 ||1981 ||3,360 tons ||125.80 ||15.00 ||4.30 ||Otobreda 127/54 Compact || [[Engineering:Aspide|Aspide]] || Otomat || [[File:NNS Aradu F89.jpg|200px]]
|-
|MEKO 360 H2 ||{{sclass|Almirante Brown|destroyer|5}} ||{{ARG}} ||4 ||1983–1984 ||3,360  tons||125.80 ||15.00 ||4.30 ||Otobreda 127/54 Compact || [[Engineering:Aspide|Aspide]] || Exocet || [[File:D13 ARA Sarandi DN-SC-91-01826.jpg|200px]]
|-
|MEKO 140 A16 ||{{sclass|Espora|corvette|5}} ||{{ARG}} ||6 ||1985–2002 ||1,560 tons ||91.20 ||11.00 ||3.33 ||[[Engineering:OTO Melara 76 mm|Otobreda 76 mm]] || – || Exocet || [[File:P42ARARosalesWWM.jpg|200px]]
|-
|MEKO 200 TN I||{{sclass|Yavuz|frigate|5}} ||{{TUR}} ||4 ||1987–1989 ||3,030 tons ||110.50 ||14.20||4.14 ||Mk 45 Mod 2 gun ||  RIM-7 || [[Engineering:Harpoon (missile)|Harpoon]] ||[[File:Turgutreis_F241.jpg|200px]]
|-
|MEKO 200 PN||{{sclass|Vasco da Gama|frigate|5}} ||{{PRT}} ||3 ||1991– ||3,400 tons ||115.90 ||14.80 ||4.10 ||French 100 mm naval gun ||  RIM-7 ||  [[Engineering:Harpoon (missile)|Harpoon]] || [[File:NRP Corte Real 2.jpg|200px]]
|-
|MEKO 200 HN <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hellenicnavy.gr/frigates_m_en.asp |title=Frigates Class Meko-200HN |publisher=Hellenic Navy |year=2008 |access-date=2008-07-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530180829/http://www.hellenicnavy.gr/frigates_m_en.asp |archivedate=2008-05-30 }}</ref>||{{sclass|Hydra|frigate|5}} ||{{GRC}} ||4 ||1992 ||3,360 tons ||117.00 ||14.80 ||4.10 ||Mk 45 Mod 2 gun || RIM-162 || [[Engineering:Harpoon (missile)|Harpoon]] || [[File:Greek frigate HS Spetsai, F-453.jpg|200px]]
|-
|MEKO 200 TN II-A||{{sclass|Barbaros|frigate|5}} ||{{TUR}} ||2 ||1995– ||3,100 tons ||116.70 ||14.80 ||4.10 ||Mk 45 Mod 2 gun ||  RIM-7, RIM-162 ||[[Engineering:Harpoon (missile)|Harpoon]] || [[File:TCG Oruç Reis (F245).jpg|200px]]
|-
|MEKO 200 ANZAC||{{sclass|Anzac|frigate|5}} ||{{AUS}}<hr />{{NZL}} ||8 (Aus)<hr />2 (NZ) ||1996–2004 ||3,500 tons ||118.00 ||14.80 ||4.10 ||Mk 45 Mod 4 gun ||  RAN: RIM-162, <hr />RNZN: RIM-7, [[Engineering:Phalanx CIWS|Phalanx Block 1]] || RAN: [[Engineering:Harpoon (missile)|Harpoon]]<hr />RNZN: None ||[[File:US_Navy_100707-N-0641S-247_HMAS_Warramunga_(FFH_152)_departs_Joint_Base_Pearl_Harbor-Hickam_to_support_Rim_of_the_Pacific_(RIMPAC)_2010_exercises.jpg|200px]]200px <hr />[[File:HMNZS_Te_Kaha_arrives_at_Joint_Base_Pearl_Harbor-Hickam_for_RIMPAC_2016.jpg|200px]]
|-
|MEKO 200 TN II-B||''Salih Reis'' ||{{TUR}} ||2 ||1998– ||3,100 tons ||118.00 ||14.80 ||4.30 ||Mk 45 Mod 2 gun ||  RIM-7, RIM-162 ||[[Engineering:Harpoon (missile)|Harpoon]] ||[[File:Ae_ag_tur_F247.jpg|200px]]
|-
|MEKO A-200 SAN ||''{{sclass2|Valour|frigate|5}}'' ||{{ZAF}} ||4 ||2003–2004 ||3,700 tons ||121.00 ||16.34 ||4.40 ||[[Engineering:OTO Melara 76 mm|Otobreda 76 mm]] || [[Engineering:Umkhonto (missile)|Umkhonto]] ||  Exocet || [[File:SAS_Spioenkop_during_Exercise_IBSAMAR_V.JPG|200px]]
|-
|MEKO 100 RMN ||{{sclass|Kedah|offshore patrol vessel|5}} ||{{MYS}} ||6 ||2004–2010||1,850 tons ||91.10 ||12.85 ||3.40 || [[Engineering:OTO Melara 76 mm|Otobreda 76 mm]] || – || – || [[File:IMDEX 2007 Malaysian ship (523652840).jpg|200px]]
|-
|MEKO A-100 || {{ship|ORP|Ślązak|2015|6}}  ||{{POL}} ||1 ||2019 ||2,150 tons ||95.20 ||13.30 ||3.60 ||[[Engineering:OTO Melara 76 mm|Otobreda 76 mm]] || Grom || – || [[File:ORP "Ślązak".jpg|200px]]
|-
|Corvette 130 (K130) ||{{sclass|Braunschweig|corvette|5}} ||{{DEU }} ||5 ||2008– ||1,840 tons ||88.75 ||12.80 ||3.40 ||[[Engineering:OTO Melara 76 mm|Otobreda 76 mm]] || [[Engineering:RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile|RIM-116]] || [[Engineering:RBS-15|RBS-15]] || [[File:Korvette Braunschweig F260 2895.jpg|200px]]
|-
|Frigate 123 (F123) ||{{sclass|Brandenburg|frigate|5}} ||{{DEU }} ||4 ||1994–1996 ||3,600 tons ||138.85 ||16.70 ||4.35 ||[[Engineering:OTO Melara 76 mm|Otobreda 76 mm]] ||  [[Engineering:RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile|RIM-116]], RIM-7 ||  Exocet, [[Engineering:RBS-15|RBS-15]] || [[File:Fregatte Mecklenburg-Vorpommern F218.jpg|200px]]
|-
|Frigate 124 (F124) ||{{sclass|Sachsen|frigate|5}} ||{{DEU }} ||3 ||2002– ||5,690 tons ||143.00 ||17.44 ||4.86 ||[[Engineering:OTO Melara 76 mm|Otobreda 76 mm]] || [[Engineering:RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile|RIM-116]], RIM-162, RIM-66 || [[Engineering:Harpoon (missile)|Harpoon]] || [[File:FGS Sachsen (F 219).jpg|200px]]
|-
|Frigate 125 (F125) || {{sclass|Baden-Württemberg|frigate|5}} ||{{DEU }} ||+4 ||2016- ||7,200 tons ||149.52 ||18.80 ||5.00 ||Otobreda 127 mm || [[Engineering:RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile|RIM-116]] ||  [[Engineering:Harpoon (missile)|Harpoon]] ||[[File:BADEN-WURTTEMBERG_00257_(cropped).jpg|200px]]
|-
|MEKO A-200 AN || ''{{sclass2|Erradi|frigate|5}}''<ref name="algerianmeko">{{cite web|last1=Binnie|first1=James|title=Algeria commissions second Meko frigate|url=http://www.janes.com/article/70785/algeria-commissions-second-meko-frigate|website=Jane's 360|access-date=20 July 2017}}</ref> ||{{DZA}} ||+2 ||2016- ||3,700 tons ||122， ||16.3 ||4.4 ||Otobreda 127 mm || [[Engineering:Umkhonto (missile)|Umkhonto IR]] || [[Engineering:RBS-15|RBS-15]] ||[[File:Meko-A200Algeria.jpg|200px]] 
|-
|(K130-based, no official model)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Design of Future TKMS Built Saar 6 MEKO A100 Corvettes For Israeli Navy Unveiled|url=http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3029|website=Navy Recognition| date=23 August 2015 |access-date=13 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Opall-Rome|first1=Barbara|title=Israeli Navy Marks Milestones at German Shipyards|url=http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/naval/navy/2016/08/04/israel-submarine-ship-corvette-dolphin-germany/88061450/|website=defensenews|date=4 August 2016|access-date=13 June 2017}}</ref>
| {{sclass2|Sa'ar 6|corvette|5}}
|{{ISR}}
|4
|2020-<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://translate.google.co.il/translate?hl=iw&sl=iw&tl=en&u=http://www.israeldefense.co.il/he/node/29032|title=Google Translate|website=translate.google.co.il|date=29 March 2017|access-date=2017-06-13}}</ref>
|2,000 tons
|90.00
|12.44
|3.40
|[[Engineering:OTO Melara 76 mm|OTO Melara 76 mm]]
|[[Engineering:Barak 8|Barak-8]], C-Dome
|[[Engineering:Harpoon (missile)|Harpoon]]
|[[File:INS Magen. II.jpg|200px]]
|-
|MEKO A-100 BR<ref name="Tamandare">{{Cite news|url=https://www.pucara.org/post/brasil-inicia-construcci%C3%B3n-de-fragatas-clase-tamandar%C3%A9|title=Brasil inicia construcción de fragatas clase Tamandaré|website=Pucará Defensa|date=9 September 2022|language=es}}</ref> || {{sclass|Tamandaré|frigate|5}} ||{{BRA}} ||4 ||2024–2028 ||3,360 tons ||107.2 ||16||5.2 ||[[Engineering:OTO Melara 76 mm|OTO Melara 76 mm]] ||[[Engineering:CAMM (missile family)|CAMM]] ||[[Engineering:Mansup|MANSUP]] || [[File:Frigate Tamandaré.png|200px]]
|-
|MEKO A-200EN
|Al-Aziz<ref>{{Cite web|title=Egyptian MEKO A200 frigate ENS Al Aziz is fitted with Thales NS100 3D naval radar|url=https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/naval-news/naval-news-archive/2021/october/10781-egyptian-meko-a200-frigate-ens-al-aziz-is-fitted-with-thales-ns100-3d-naval-radar.html|access-date=2022-02-09|website=Navy Recognition|date=4 October 2021 |language=en-gb}}</ref>
||{{EGY}}
|6
|2022–2025
|3,700 tons
|120
|14.8
|4.3
|Otobreda 127 mm
|MICA NG
|Exocet
|[[File:AL-AZIZ 2651.jpg|200px]]
|}</div>

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/brand/ Brandenburg-class] @ Naval-Technology
* [http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/hydra/ Hydra-class] @ Naval-Technology
* [http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/meko/ MEKO A-class] @ Naval-Technology
* [http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/f124/ Sachsen-class] @ Naval-Technology
* https://web.archive.org/web/20070927012203/http://www.hansa-online.de/print.asp?artikelID=274 (German)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20151210215834/https://www.thyssenkrupp-marinesystems.com/en/blohmvoss-class-meko(R)-a100-corvette.html Blohm+Voss Class MEKO® A100 Corvette]
* [http://navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/naval-exhibitions/indomarine-2012-show-daily-news-naval-maritime-defence-exhibition-jakarta-indonesia/741-at-indodefence-2012-german-shipyard-tkms-presented-its-latest-range-of-corvettes-and-opv-.html At IndoDefence 2012, German shipyard TKMS presented its latest range of Corvettes and OPV]
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