The very diagonally cut bow and the knuckle ribs in the foredeck made it easy to navigate.

Due to the installation of gas turbines, large side air inlets were necessary, which could be closed by lamellas.

Behind the bridge superstructure stood the tall lattice mast with radar and other antennas.

Karlsruhe was laid down on 29 October 1958 and launched on 15 August 1959 in Stülcken & Sohn, Germany.

[3] The Karlsruhe was sold to Turkish Navy after active service in the German Navy, and, since 28 March 1983, it sailed there under the Turkish flag as the destroyer Gazi Osman Pasa with the identification D-360.