German auxiliary Oste

Oste in Eckernförde, June 2017.
History
Germany
Name	Oste
Namesake	River Oste
Builder	Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg
Launched	30 June 1988 [1]
Commissioned	30 July 1988
Homeport	Eckernförde, Schleswig-Holstein
Identification	MMSI number: 211211470 Callsign: DRHH
General characteristics
Class & type	Oste-class fleet service ship
Displacement	3,200 tonnes
Length	83.5 m (274 ft)
Beam	14.6 m (48 ft)
Draft	4.2–6.4 m (14–21 ft)
Propulsion	2 diesel engines, 3,300  kW (4,400 hp) each
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h)
Range	More than 5,000 nautical miles (9,300 km)
Complement	48 + up to 39 mission specialists [2]
Sensors & processing systems	ELINT/COMINT sensors

Oste (A 52) is a fleet service ship of the Germany Navy in the Oste class. ^[3] It is named after the river Oste which flows throughout northern Lower Saxony.

In 2021, it was approved by the Bundestag, that three new ships would be contracted by Lürssen to be in service by 2027, replacing the class 423. ^{[4] [5]}

References

1. "FLOTTENDIENSTBOOT - A-52 - "OSTE"". pigeier.ch. Archived from the original on 5 January 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
2. "Die Flottendienstboote der Oste-Klasse". Germany Navy . Archived from the original on 5 January 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
3. "Flottendienstboot OSTE-Klasse (423)". German Navy . 7 August 2012. Archived from the original on 22 August 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
4. Sanz, Julio Maíz (6 July 2021). "Lürssen construirá los nuevos buques espía de la Marina alemana" (in Spanish). defensa.com. Archived from the original on 7 January 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
5. Bredick, Marcus (24 June 2021). "Flottendienstboote: die Blitzbestellung der Marine" (in German). marineforum.online. Deutsches Maritimes Institut. Archived from the original on 5 January 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2022.