Elbe class replenishment ship

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The Type 404 Elbe class replenishment ships of the German Navy were built to support squadrons of Fast Attack Crafts, submarines and minesweeper/hunters. As such they are usually called tender.

The ships carry fuel, fresh water, food, ammunition and other matériel. They also have a medical station aboard but doctors are not part of their standard complement and will have to be flown in. The tender also manage waste disposal for the ships they support at sea and can carry out repairs with the necessary shops built in standard containers.

Extensive communication gear and accommodations enable them to serve as squadron flagship.

Contents 1 Specification 2 List of ships 3 References 4 See more

[edit] Specification

• Length: 100.55m
• Beam: 15.4m
• Draft: 4.05m
• Displacement: 3170t
• Propulsion:
  • 1 Deutz MWM SBV diesel engine, 2562kW
  • Speed: 15kts
  • Range: 2600nm
• Bow thruster
• Armament:
  • 2 Fliegerfaust 2 surface-to-air missile stands (MANPADS)
  • 2 Rheinmetall Rh202 20mm autocannon
• Supplies:
  • max 24 standard 6.2m containers
  • 700m³ fuel
  • 60m³ aviation (helicopter) fuel
  • 280m³ fresh water
  • 160t ammunition
  • 40t supplies
• Disposal:
  • 5t solid waste
  • 180m³ waste water
  • 32m³ waste oil
• No hangar, but a helo deck was added for Sea king sized or larger helicopters
• Complement: 40 (standard) + >38 (repair party, passengers, squadron staff)

[edit] List of ships

Pennant number	Name	Call sign	Commissioned	Base	Unit
A511	Elbe	DRHU	January 28, 1993	Warnemünde	7th FAC squadron
A512	Mosel	DRHK	July 1, 1993	Kiel	5th Minesweeper squadron
A513	Rhein	DRHL	September 1, 1993	Kiel	3rd Minesweeper squadron
A514	Werra	DRHM	December 9, 1993	Kiel	3rd Minesweeper squadron
A515	Main	DRHN	June 10, 1994	Eckernförde	1st Submarine squadron
A516	Donau	DRHO	November 15, 1994	Warnemünde	1st Corvette squadron

The ships were named after German rivers.

[edit] References

• Tender ELBE-Klasse - German Navy, official homepage (in German)
• http://www.tender-elbe.de/seiten/typenbla.htm

[edit] See more

Ship classes of the Deutsche Marine
Destroyers	101A Hamburg | 103B Lütjens
Frigates and Corvettes	122 Bremen | 123 Brandenburg | 124 Sachsen | F125 | 130 Braunschweig
Fast Attack Craft	143 Albatros | 143A Gepard | 148 Tiger
Mine warfare	332 Frankenthal | 333 Kulmbach | 352 Ensdorf | 742A Mühlhausen
Submarines	205B | 206A | 212A
Auxiliary ships	404 Elbe | 423 Oste | 441 Gorch Fock | 520 Barbe | 702 Berlin | 703 Walchensee | 704 Rhön | 720 Helgoland | 721 Eisvogel | 722 Wangerooge | 760 Westerwald