Walchensee-class tanker

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Tegernsee (2011)
Class overview
NameWalchensee class
BuildersLindenau-Werft, Kiel
OperatorsNaval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Built1964-1967
In service1966-2015
Building4
Active0
Retired4
General characteristics
Class & typeKleiner Betriebsstofftransporter 703
Type Tanker
Displacement2,174 tonnes
Length74.20 m (243 ft 5 in)
Beam11.22 m (36 ft 10 in)
Draft4.54 m (14 ft 11 in)
Propulsion
Speed12.5 knots (23.2 km/h)
Range3,250 nm at 12 kn
Complement21 civilians
Sensors &
processing systems
Navigation radars only
Notes
  • Transport capacity:
  • 1100 t of fuel
  • 60 t fresh water

The Walchensee-class tanker (Type 703) is a series of four small coastal tankers, built by Lindenau-Werft in Kiel for the German Navy to transport fuel and fresh water between depots and to units near coasts or in harbour.

Contents

Two ships were in service until December 2015 and are disposed off, the other 2 were already decommissioned (one sold & one scrapped).

Ship list

Pennant
number
Name Call
sign
LaunchedCommissionedDecommissionedBase/
fate
A 1424WalchenseeJuly 10, 1965June 29, 1966December 19, 2001sold
A 1425AmmerseeDRKJJuly 9, 1966March 2, 196731 December 2015
A 1426TegernseeDRKKOctober 22, 1966March 23, 196731 December 2015
A 1427WestenseeApril 8, 1967October 6, 1967September 30, 2003scrapped 2009

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