German Navy – Auxiliaries and Other Ships

Auxiliaries and Other Ships

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Surveillance

Oste Class Type 423 LOA 274′ / 83.5 m TDISP 3,200 tons (3 active)

FGS Alster A-50 (1989)

Replenishment / Resupply

Berlin Class Type 702 Replenishment LOA 570′ / 173.7 m 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′ / 130.2 m TDISP 14,200 tons (2 active, service since 1977)

Elbe class Type 404 replenishment ships LOA 329′ / 100.3 m 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′ / 74.1 m TDISP 2,100 tons (4 retired, service 1966-2015)

Lüneburg Class Type 701 LOA 341′ / 103.9 m to 375′ / 114.3 m 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′ / 103,9 m lengths, not lengthened like most of class.

FGS Freiburg A-1413 (1968-2003) only unit lengthened to 388′ / 118.3 m with addition of helicopter landing deck (transferred to Uruguay 2005, still active)

Tugboats

Wangerooge class sea going tugboats with ice strengthened hulls LOA 171′ / 52.1 m 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′ / 81.1 m TDISP 1,760 tons

Gorch Fock (1933) LOA 269′ / 82 m TDISP 1,500 tons. Museum ship since 2003, Stralsund.