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Then hangar and helicopter deck on KÖLN.
Note the two 21-cell RAM (Rolling Airframe Missile) CIWS launchers on the
aft end of the hangar. Just visible in the background are the USS STARK
and HMCS WINNIPEG. Sandy McClearn photo. |
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The aft end of KÖLN's bridge superstructure.
Harpoon launchers are visible in the forground, and there is a gun visible
on the aft end of the port bridge wing. A WM 25 director is visible atop
the mast, with a Signaal STIR in the background. Sandy McClearn photo. |
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The forward deck of KÖLN. To right
is the Mk.29 octuple NATO Sea Sparrow SAM launcher, while the OTO Melara
76mm/62 Mk.75 run can be seen to the left. In the background are the USS
STARK, and HMCS WHITEHORSE. Sandy McClearn photo. |
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The bridge. Navigation radar at left, Signaal STIR centre, Signaal
WM 25 director on the short mast between the STIR and the lattice mast
in the background. Sandy McClearn photo. |
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KÖLN's Signaal DA 08 air/surface
search radar, on a mast supported by the forward end of the hangar. Sandy
McClearn photo. |
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Looking aft from the bow at the gun and Sea Sparrow launcher. Sandy
McClearn photo. |
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The forward end of the hangar. At bottom right are a small winch and
bollard, to left (jutting out of the hagar) is a twin Mk.32 torpedo tube.
Just visible at the top of the ladder is a Loyal Hycor SRBOC (Super Rapid
Blooming Overboard Chaff) 6-barreled Mk.36. The DA 08 mast is visible top
right. Sandy McClearn photo. |
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KÖLN is rafted up outside HMS LONDON.
Sandy McClearn photo. |
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KÖLN and LONDON again. Sandy McClearn
photo. |
