German ship Donau (A516)

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Donau on 13 August 2005
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Naval Ensign of Germany.svgGermany
NameDonau
Namesake Donau
Builder Bremer Vulkan
LaunchedMarch 1994
Commissioned15 November 1994
Homeport Warnemünde
Identification
StatusActive
General characteristics
Type Elbe-class replenishment ship
Displacement3,586 tonnes
Length100.55 m (329 ft 11 in)
Beam15.40 m (50 ft 6 in)
Draft4.05 m (13 ft 3 in)
Propulsion
Speed15 knots (28 km/h)
Range2,600 nmi (4,800 km)
Capacity
  • 24 standard 6.2 m containers (maximum)
  • Supplies:
  • 700 m³ fuel
  • 60 m³ aviation (helicopter) fuel
  • 280 m³ fresh water
  • 160 tonnes ammunition
  • 40 tonnes supplies
  • Disposal:
  • 5 tonnes solid waste
  • 180 m³ waste water
  • 32 m³ waste oil
Complement40 (standard) + >38 (repair party, passengers, squadron staff)
Armament
Aviation facilities Helipad

Donau (A516) is the sixth ship of the Elbe-class replenishment ships of the German Navy.

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Development

The Elbe-class replenishment ships are also known tenders of the German Navy. In German, this type of ship is called Versorgungsschiffe which can be translated as "supply ship" though the official translation in English is "replenishment ship".

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. The ships are named after German rivers where German parliaments were placed.

Construction and career

Donau was launched in March 1994 in Bremen-Vegesack, Germany. She was commissioned on 15 November 1994. [1]

On 11 January 2020, Donau under the command of Captain Bernd Abshagen left her home port of Warnemünde to join the Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 (SNMCMG1). [2]

Until July 2024, it was part of the Very High Readiness Joint Task Force Maritime (VJTF (M)) in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. [3] [4] [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Type 404 Elbe Class Tenders - Naval Technology". www.naval-technology.com. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  2. ↑ "Mecklenburger führt Tender "Donau" und seine Besatzung in den NATO-Einsatz". presseportal.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  3. ↑ https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/schleswig-holstein/Tender-Donau-kehrt-nach-Kiel-zurueck,regionkielnews890.html
  4. ↑ https://www.ndr.de/fernsehen/sendungen/schleswig-holstein_magazin/Tender-Donau-kehrt-nach-Kiel-zurueck,shmag118562.html
  5. ↑ https://www.dbwv.de/ticker-zurueck-zur-startseite/ueber-6-monate-und-15000-seemeilen-tender-donau-kommt-zurueck-nach-kiel

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