| Fehmarn-class tug | |
|---|---|
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Neue Jadewerft.jpg A1458 Fehmarn (right) | |
| Class overview | |
| Name: | Helgoland class |
| Operators: |
 German Navy |
| In commission: | 1966–present |
| Completed: | 2 |
| Active: | 1 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Salvage tug |
| Displacement: | 1,310 tonnes (1,289 long tons) |
| Length: | 68 m (223 ft 1 in) |
| Beam: | 12.7 m (41 ft 8 in) |
| Draft: | 4.4 m (14 ft 5 in) |
| Speed: | 16.6 knots (30.7 km/h; 19.1 mph) |
| Range: | 6,000 nmi (11,000 km) |
| Complement: | 45 |
| Armament: | None |
The Type 720 Helgoland class tugs are large seagoing salvage tugs used by the German Navy. After the decommissioning of Helgoland, the class is now referred to as Fehmarn class in the German Navy. As with other auxiliary ship classes in Germany, these tugboats are manned by a civilian crew.[1] The ships are named after the German islands Helgoland (Heligoland) and Fehmarn.
List of ships[]
| Pennant number |
Name | Type/ Upgrade |
Call sign |
Commissioned | Decommissioned | Base/fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1457 | Helgoland | 720A | DRLE | March 8, 1966 | December 19, 1997 | Sold to Uruguayan Navy as ROU 22 Oyarvide[2] |
| A1458 | Fehmarn | 720B | DRLF | February 1, 1967 | Kiel |
References[]
- ↑ "Bergungsschlepper FEHMARN-Klasse (720)" (in German). German Navy. Archived from the original on 15 June 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080615192815/http://www.marine.de/portal/a/marine/kcxml/04_Sj9SPykssy0xPLMnMz0vM0Y_QjzKLNzKOD_RxBMmB2d5mIfqRcNGglFR9X4_83FR9b_0A_YLciHJHR0VFAGR0uE8%21/delta/base64xml/L3dJdyEvd0ZNQUFzQUMvNElVRS82XzIzX1FRUQ%21%21. Retrieved 5 August 2008.
- ↑ "ROU 22 Oyarvide" (in Spanish). Armada Nacional. Archived from the original on 18 March 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110318193612/http://www.sohma.armada.mil.uy/embarcaciones.htm. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
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