German Navy – Auxiliaries and Other Ships

Auxiliaries and Other Ships

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Surveillance

Oste Class Type 423 LOA 274′ TDISP 3,200 tons (3 active)

FGS Alster A-50 (1989)

Replenishment / Resupply

Berlin Class Type 702 Replenishment LOA 570′ TDISP 20,200 tons (3 active)

FGS Bonn A-1413 (2013)

FGS Frankfurt am Main A-1412 (2002)

 Rhön class tanker Type 704 LOA 427′ TDISP 14,200 tons (2 active, service since 1977)

Elbe class Type 404 replenishment ships LOA 329′ TDISP 3,600 tons (6 active, since 1993)

FGS Elbe A-511 (1993)FGS Main A-515 (1995)FGS Donau A-516 (1994)

Walchensee class tanker Type 703 LOA 243′ TDISP 2,100 tons (4 retired, service 1966-2015)

Lüneburg Class Type 701 LOA 341′ to 375′ TDISP 4,000 tons (8 retired, 2 transferred to Hellenic Navy, 2 to Columbia and 1 to Uruguay)

FGS Lüneburg A-1411 (1966-1994) transferred to Columbia as ARC Cartagena de Indias 161 (1997) AND FGS Nienburg A-1416 (1968-ca. 1996) transferred to Columbia as ARC Buenaventura 162 (1998) both units original 341′ lengths, not lengthened like most of class.

FGS Freiburg A-1413 (1968-2003) only unit lengthened to 388′ with addition of helicopter landing deck (transferred to Uruguay 2005, still active)

Tugboats

Wangerooge class sea going tugboats with ice strengthened hulls LOA 171′ TDISP 1,000 tons (5 built, 2 active, service since 1968) some now converted to diver training ships

Sail Training Ships

Gorch Fock (II) (1958) LOA 266′ TDISP 1,760 tons

Gorch Fock (1933) LOA 269′ TDISP 1,500 tons. Museum ship since 2003, Stralsund.