 Rhön on 11 April 2013 | |
| Career (Germany) |  |
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| Name: | Rhön |
| Namesake: | Rhön |
| Owner: | Deutsche Marine |
| Port of registry: | Hamburg, Germany |
| Builder: | Kröger, Rendsburg |
| Launched: | 23 August 1974 |
| Acquired: | 1976 |
| Commissioned: | 23 September 1977 |
| Renamed: | Okene |
| Homeport: | Wilhelmshaven, Germany |
| Identification: |
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| Status: | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Rhön-class tanker |
| Tonnage: |
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| Displacement: | 14,396 t (14,169 long tons) |
| Length: | 130.2 m (427 ft 2 in) |
| Beam: | 19.3 m (63 ft 4 in) |
| Draught: | 8.7 m (28 ft 7 in) |
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| Propulsion: | 1 shaft, controllable pitch propeller |
| Speed: | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Range: | 3,250 nmi (6,020 km; 3,740 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Capacity: |
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| Complement: | 42 (civilian) |
Rhön (A1443) is the lead ship of the Rhön-class tankers of the German Navy. She was commissioned at Kiel, Germany on 23 September 1977.
Construction and career[]
Rhön was originally built for civilian service by Kröger of Rendsburg in 1974. On 23 September 1977 she was commissioned into the German Navy, based at Kiel, Germany.[1]
On 23 October 1988, Rhön was in collision with the American destroyer USS Hayler, badly damaging Hayler's stern.[2]
Rhön participated in BALTOPS 2020.[3]
References[]
- ↑ admin (2018-07-03). "The German Navy is suffering from a shortage of special tankers to provide underway replenishment for its ships at sea." (in en-US). https://navalnews.net/the-german-navy-is-suffering-from-a-shortage-of-special-tankers-to-provide-underway-replenishment-for-its-ships-at-sea/.
- ↑ Sturton 1989, p. 247
- ↑ NATO. "Exercise BALTOPS 2020" (in en). http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/photos_176292.htm.
- Sturton, Ian (1989). "The Naval Year in Review: F (ii). Major Casualties at Sea From 1 April 1988 to 30 April 1989". In Gardiner, Robert. Warship 1989. London: Conway Maritime Press. pp. 247–249. ISBN 0-85177-530-6.
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