--- title: "Which nation's warship 'Bayern' arrived in Mumbai on January 21st in a rare port call?" description: "Which nation's warship 'Bayern' arrived in Mumbai on January 21st in a rare port call?" author: "Austin Dcruz" published: 2022-02-05 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95523/which-nation-s-warship-bayern-arrived-in-mumbai-on-january-21st-in-a-rare-port-call category: "current affair" tags: ["current affair", "mumbai", "warship"] reading_time: 1 minute --- # Which nation's warship 'Bayern' arrived in Mumbai on January 21st in a rare port call? Which nation's warship 'Bayern' arrived in Mumbai on January 21st in a [rare](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/4919/7-unique-temples-where-lord-shiva-is-worshipped-in-rare-forms) [port](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/878/which-tcp-ip-port-does-sql-server-run-on-how-can-it-be-changed) call? \ ## Answers ### Answer by Stuti Gupta In a rare port call, the **[German Navy Frigate Bayern F217](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_frigate_Bayern)** landed in **Mumbai, India.** German Ambassador to India **Walter J Lindner** and Maharashtra's Minister for Tourism, Protocol, [**Environment**](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/92957/which-political-party-cares-about-the-environment-in-india) **Aditya Thackeray** welcomed the German warship in the Mumbai port. The last instance a German **[ship](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95459/which-country-has-placed-the-first-order-to-purchase-a-shore-based-anti-ship-variant-of-the-brahmos-supersonic-cruise-missile-system-from-india)** arrived in India was over **9 years ago**, in 2012 when the German Fregatte 'Bremen' landed. \ ![Which nation](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/828a9dea-683f-406c-b11d-fddde4b5dc1f/images/54246f88-3826-4611-8495-e53c1912280d.jpeg)\ \ **Bayern and the three other frigate** of the Brandenburg class were built to replace the **Hamburg-class [destroyers](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95375/class-of-guided-missile-destroyers-an-improved-variant-of-the-kolkata-class-destroyers-that-is-being-built-by-mazagon-dock-limited-mdl-for-the-indian-navy)**. She was constructed at **Nordseewerke in Emden in 1993** and delivered in June 1994. Karin Stoiber, the wife of Bavarian Minister-President Edmund Stoiber at the time, baptized her. She was commissioned on June 15, 1996, after conducting testing and assigned to the 6. Bayern was assigned to the 2. **Fregattengeschwader,** [**stationed**](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40595/which-two-acts-taxed-the-colonists-to-fund-the-british-troops-stationed-in-the-colonies) in Wilhelmshaven, once the [**naval**](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39590/name-the-indian-naval-ship-the-largest-ship-in-the-navy-and-the-country-s-only-aircraft-carrier-which) system was restructured. --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95523/which-nation-s-warship-bayern-arrived-in-mumbai-on-january-21st-in-a-rare-port-call Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.