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Berlin class replenishment ship
The Type 702 Berlin class replenishment ships are the largest vessels of the Deutsche Marine (German Navy). In German, this type of ship is called Einsatzgruppenversorger which can be translated as task force supplier though the official translation in English is combat support ship, or in military parlance, a replenishment oiler. They are intended to support German naval units away from their home ports.
The ships carry fuel, provisions, ammunition and other matériel and also provide medical services.
Specifications
- Length: 173.7 m
- Beam: 24 m
- Draft: 7.6 m
- Displacement: 20.240 t
- Propulsion: 2 diesel-engines, 5340 kW each
- Bow thrusters: 1
- Armament:
- 4 MLG 27 mm autocannons
- Stinger surface to air missile (MANPADS)
- Hangar:
- 2 Sea King or MH90 helicopters
- Complement: 139 (+94)
List of ships
| Pennant number |
Name | Call sign |
Commissioned | Homeport |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1411 | Berlin | DRKA | April 112001 | Wilhelmshaven |
| A1412 | Frankfurt am Main | DRKB | May 272002 | Kiel |
| A1413 | (will be ordered) | |||
| A1414 | (planned) | |||
The ships are named after large German cities.
See also
| Ship classes of the Deutsche Marine | |
|---|---|
| Destroyers | 101A Hamburg | 103B Lütjens |
| Frigates and Corvettes | 122 Bremen | 123 Brandenburg | 124 Sachsen | F125 | 130 Braunschweig |
| Fast Attack Craft | 143 Albatros | 143A Gepard | 148 Tiger |
| Mine warfare | 332 Frankenthal | 333 Kulmbach | 352 Ensdorf | 742A Mühlhausen |
| Submarines | 205B | 206A | 212A |
| Auxiliary ships | 404 Elbe | 423 Oste | 441 Gorch Fock | 520 Barbe | 702 Berlin | 703 Walchensee | 704 Rhön | 720 Helgoland | 721 Eisvogel | 722 Wangerooge | 760 Westerwald |
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