Oste class fleet service ship
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Officially designated as fleet service ships, the three vessels of the Type 423 Oste class are purpose built ELINT and reconnaissance ships of the German Navy. They replaced the Type 422 class.
Accommodations are built to civil standards, i.e. the Oste class offers much more comfort for the crew than other ships in the German Navy.
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[edit] Specifications
- Length: 83.5 m
- Beam: 14.6 m
- Draft: 4.2 m
- Displacement: 3200 t
- Propulsion: 2 diesel-engines, 3300 kW each
- Speed: 21 kn
- Range: more than 5000 nmi
- Armament: none
- Equippement: ELINT/COMINT sensors, electronic countermeasures
- Complement: 36 + up to 40 mission specialists
[edit] List of ships
| Pennant number |
Name | Call sign |
Launched | Commissioned |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A52 | Oste | DRHH | July 30, 1988 | |
| A53 | Oker | DRHG | November 10, 1988 | |
| A50 | Alster | DRHF | November 14, 1988 | October 5, 1989 |
The ships were built at Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft in Flensburg.
All ships are currently based in Eckernförde and belong to the 1st submarine squadron stationed in Eckernförde. The vessels got the same name and pennant numbers as the three Type 422 class vessels they replaced. To avoid the confusion, the ship names are sometimes suffixed with II.
[edit] References
- Die Marine - in German
[edit] See also
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