German ship Elbe (A511)

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Elbe on 13 August 2005
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Naval Ensign of Germany.svgGermany
NameElbe
Namesake Elbe
Builder Bremer Vulkan
LaunchedJune 1992
Commissioned28 January 1993
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

Elbe (A511) is the lead 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

Elbe was launched in June 1992 in Bremen-Vegesack, Germany. She was commissioned on 28 January 1993. [1]

Elbe had moved from its home base in Rostock-Warnemünde to Kiel on 14 July 2016 to join forces with the Sakala from Estonia and Skalvis from Lithuania. On 18 July, the ships then set sail together for the Baltic Sea to later join the standing NATO mine countermeasures group SNMCMG 1 (Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1). The tender Elbe is now the operations center for the international task force. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Type 404 Elbe Class Tenders - Naval Technology". www.naval-technology.com. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  2. ↑ "Tender "Elbe" jetzt Flaggschiff im NATO-Verband". bundeswehr-journal. 2016-07-19. Retrieved 2021-07-31.

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