Spessart A-1442 |
Type: |
Tanker (Große Betriebsstofftransporter) |
Class: |
Rhön (Type 704A) |
Builder: |
Kröger-Werft Rendsburg, Germany |
Hull Number: |
A-1422 |
Ordered: |
N/A |
Commissioned: |
September 5, 1977 |
Keel Laid: |
August 23, 1974 |
Decommissioned: |
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Launched: |
February 13, 1975 |
Stricken: |
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Fate: |
Active Homeport: Kiel, Germany |
Dimensions, machinery and performance |
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Length: |
426' 5" (130 m) |
Engines: |
1 MaK Diesel |
Beam: |
62' 3" (19 m) |
Boilers: |
N/A |
Draft: |
28' 5" (8.7 m) |
Shafts: |
1 |
Displacement: |
6,209 GRT / 10,950 DWT |
HP: |
8,000 (5.888 mw) |
Speed: |
16.3 knots |
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Crew: |
42 (civilian) |
Range: |
7,457 NM @ 16.3 knots / 15,834 NM @ 8.8 knots |
Armament as built
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Number Carried
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Type
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Arrangement
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Notes
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1 |
Fliegerfaust FLF 2 (Stinger) |
portable launcher (MANPADS) |
History |
Conversion from merchant Tanker: ex Okapi (Bulk Acid Carriers Inc., Monrovia, Liberia Danish firm) at MWB Motorenwerke Bremerhaven AG, Bremerhaven, Germany. |
Last modernization: August 2006 - Feb. 2007 at Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Germany. |
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Planned for decommissioning in 2010. |
This page was created by Rolf W. Luedecke, Celle, Germany. |
Class Overview |
Builder's Data |
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Page published Apr. 7, 2008 |