Rhein-class tender

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Donau
Class overview
NameRhein class
Builders
Operators
Subclasses
  • Mosel class
  • Lahn class
Built1958-1964
In commission1961-1994
Planned13
Completed13
Retired13
General characteristics
Type Tender
Displacement2,370 tonnes (2,330 long tons)
Length99 m (324 ft 10 in)
Beam11.8 m (38 ft 9 in)
Draft3.4 m (11 ft 2 in)
Propulsion6 × Diesel motor, 2 × shafts, 14,400 kW (19,300 hp)
Speed21 knots (39 km/h)
Complement110 crew
Sensors &
processing systems		 AN/SPS-6 air-search radar
Armament

The Type 401 Rhein-class tender was a class of tender ships which was laid down in 1958, christened in 1959 and put into service in 1961 and served as a support unit for the 3rd Schnellboot Squadron until they were decommissioned by 1992. A total of eight ships of this class were built, in addition to the ships Rhine, the Elbe, Main, Neckar, Ruhr, Weser, Werra and Danube.

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Development

Tenders are used as supply and command ships and to supply combat units (FACs, anti-mine ships, submarines) with everything they need at sea. Long endurance at sea are only possible with these mother ships. The tenders take care of the supply of fuel, water and provisions, they also provide workshops, spare parts and tools as well as an infirmary with an operating theater for crews.

After decommissioning, four of the ships were scrapped, three sold to Turkey and one to Greece.

The Type 402 Mosel-class tender consists of three ships (Mosel, Isar, Saar) which are used to supply minesweepers.

The Type 403 Lahn-class tender are used to supply submarines with two ships of this subclass, Lahn and Lech.

Depending on the purpose (FAC or minesweeper tender), different drive concepts were used (diesel-electric drive or diesel engines).

Ships of class

Pennant numberNameBuildersLaid downLaunchedCommissionedDecommissionedFate
Rhine-class tender
A58Rhein Schlieker Werft 195810 December 19596 November 196126 June 1992 [1]
A61Elbe1 September 19595 May 196017 April 196217 December 1992 [1] Sold to Turkey as TCG Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Paşa (A-579) (ii)
A62Weser Elsflether Werft 1 August 195911 June 196014 July 196225 July 1972 [2] Sold to Greece as "Αιγαίον D-03".
A63Main Lindenau Werft 23 July 196029 June 196325 November 1993 [2]
A64RuhrSchlieker Werft18 August 19602 May 19642 December 1971 [2]
A66Neckar Lürssen Werft 22 December 196026 June 19617 December 196330 November 1989 [3] Scrapped in Turkey, 1993
A68WerraLindenau Werft1 October 195926 March 19632 September 196421 March 1991 [3]
A69DonauSchlichting Werft24 December 195926 November 196023 May 19641 December 1994 [4] Sold to Turkey as TCG Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Paşa (A-579) (i), 1994 [5]
Mosel-class tender
A67Mosel Schlieker Werft
Blohm+Voss 		15 December 19608 June 196328 June 1990 [3]
A54IsarBlohm+Voss14 July 196225 January 196429 December 1980 [1] Sold to Turkey as TCG Sokullu Mehmet Paşa (A-577)
A65Saar Norderwerft 15 December 195911 March 196111 May 19636 May 1992 [2]
Lahn-class tender
A55Lahn Flender-Werke 17 April 196121 November 196124 March 196425 April 1991 [1]
A56Lech20 July 19614 May 19628 December 196430 June 1989 [1]

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Koop, Breyer, S. 314
  2. 1 2 3 4 Koop, Breyer, S. 315
  3. 1 2 3 Koop, Breyer, S. 316
  4. ↑ Koop, Breyer, S. 317
  5. ↑ "Tender Donau". www.freundeskreis-schnellboote-korvetten.de. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
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