Walchensee-class tanker
 Tegernsee (2011) | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Walchensee class |
| Builders: | Lindenau-Werft, Kiel |
| Operators: |
 German Navy |
| Built: | 1964-1967 |
| In service: | 1966-today |
| Building: | 4 |
| Active: | 2 |
| Retired: | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Kleiner Betriebsstofftransporter 703 |
| Type: | Tanker |
| Displacement: | 2,174 tonnes |
| Length: | 74.20 m (243 ft 5 in) |
| Beam: | 11.22 m (36 ft 10 in) |
| Draft: | 4.54 m (14 ft 11 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × MWM diesel engines, generating 1,020 kW One controlled-pitch propeller, 2.25 m diameter |
| Speed: | 12.5 knots (23.2 km/h) |
| Range: | 3,250 nm at 12 kn |
| Complement: | 21 civilians |
| Sensors and processing systems: | Navigation radars only |
| Notes: | Transport capacity: 1100 t of fuel 60 t fresh water |
The Walchensee class tanker (Type 703) is a series of four small coastal tankers, built by Lindenau-Werft in Kiel for the German Navy to transport fuel and fresh water between depots and to units near coasts or in harbour.
Two ships are still in service, the others have been sold after decommissioning.
Ship list
| Pennant number |
Name | Call sign |
Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Base/ fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A 1424 | Walchensee | July 10, 1965 | June 29, 1966 | December 19, 2001 | sold | |
| A 1425 | Ammersee | DRKJ | July 9, 1966 | March 2, 1967 | based in Kiel | |
| A 1426 | Tegernsee | DRKK | October 22, 1966 | March 23, 1967 | based in Wilhelmshaven | |
| A 1427 | Westensee | April 8, 1967 | October 6, 1967 | September 30, 2003 | scrapped 2009 |
References
- Betriebsstofftransporter WALCHENSEE-Klasse (703) (German) - Marine (official homepage of the German Navy)
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Further reading
- Gerhard Koop/Siegfried Breyer: Die Schiffe, Fahrzeuge und Flugzeuge der deutschen Marine von 1956 bis heute, Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Bonn 1996, ISBN 3-7637-5950-6 (German)
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