Barbe-class utility landing craft

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Class overview
Operators
In service1965–
Completed22
Active2
Laid up3
General characteristics
Type Landing craft
Displacement430 tonnes (420 long tons) (full load)
Length40 m (131 ft 3 in)
Beam8.8 m (28 ft 10 in)
Draft2.1 m (6 ft 11 in)
Propulsion750 kW (1,010 hp)
Speed11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
CapacityUp to 150 tonnes (150 long tons)
Complement17
Armament
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Schlei at the Kiel Week in 2007

The Type 520 Barbe-class utility landing craft are small units of the German Navy used for landing or transporting troops, supply, equipment and also for coastal mine laying.

The remaining boat in service is currently part of the SEK-M the naval special forces of Germany, however the navy plans to procure an entire new class of landing craft.

They are the only boats in the German Navy commanded by Chief Petty Officers.

List of ships

Pennant
number 		NameType
(last upgrade)		 Call
sign 		Com-
missioned		Decom-
missioned		Fate
L788Butt520C7 May 19654 December 1992scrapped(?)
L789Brasse520C7 May 196516 April 1992scrapped(?)
L790Barbe 520A10 January 196629 September 1991to Hellenic Navy
L791Delphin520B10 January 196629 September 1991to Hellenic Navy
L760Flunder520DDRIE22 February 1966 ? decommissioned
L761Karpfen520A2 February 196630 January 1992scrapped(?)
L762Lachs520ADRIG24 March 1966in service
L763Plötze520ADRIH24 March 1966 ?decommissioned
L764Rochen520A26 April 19667 February 1992to Hellenic Navy
L792Dorsch520A24 June 196629 September 1991to Hellenic Navy
L793Felchen520A23 June 196625 October 1991to Hellenic Navy
L794Forelle520A7 June 19661 November 1991to Hellenic Navy
L765Schlei520BDRIM26 July 1966decommissioned 2017
L766Stör520A26 July 196616 September 1992scrapped(?)
L767Tümmler520A26 June 196616 September 1992scrapped(?)
L768Wels520A27 June 196611 December 1992scrapped(?)
L769Zander520ADRIQ26 August 1966 ?decommissioned
L795Inger520A16 August 19669 September 1991to Hellenic Navy
L796Makrele520A16 September 19668 November 1991to Hellenic Navy
L797Muräne520A16 September 196614 February 1992to Hellenic Navy
L798Renke520A26 October 19661 October 1988to Hellenic Navy
L799Salm520A26 October 19661 October 1988to Hellenic Navy

The ships are named after fish, with the exception of Delphin (dolphin) and Tümmler (toothed whales):

Barbe (barbel), Brasse (bream), Butt (flounder), Dorsch (cod), Felchen (whitefish/ Coregonus wartmanni ), Forelle (trout), Karpfen (carp), Lachs (salmon), Makrele (mackerel), Rochen (stingray), Salm (salmon), Schlei (tench), Stör (sturgeon), Wels (catfish), and Zander (zander).

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