German tanker Spessart | |
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Spessart (A 1442) entering New York Harbor.jpg Spessart entering New York harbour on 13 October 2004 | |
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Name: | Spessart |
Owner: | Deutsche Marine |
Builder: | Kröger, Rendsburg |
Launched: | 1974 |
Commissioned: | 5 September 1977 |
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General characteristics | |
Class & type: | Rhön-class tanker |
Displacement: | 14,169 tonnes |
Speed: | 16 knots (30 km/h) |
Complement: | 46 |
The German tanker Spessart (A1442) is a Rhön-class tanker of the German Navy. She was commissioned at Kiel on 5 September 1977.
History[]
Spessart was originally built for civilian service by Kröger of Rendsburg in 1974. On 5 September 1977 she was commissioned into the Deutsche Marine, based at Kiel.[1]
On 29 March 2009, as she was taking part in Operation Atalanta, Spessart was attacked by a 7-man pirate boat.[2][3] In addition to the regular 40-man civilian crew, Spessart carried a 12-man security detail which exchanged small arm fire with the pirates, and repelled the assault.[4] The ships HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën, Psara, Victoria, USS Boxer and Rheinland-Pfalz intervened and captured the pirates after a few hours of chase.
Sources and references[]
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- ↑ "FGS Spessart". NATO. http://www.snmg1.nato.int/SNMG1_ficheiros/Page2000.htm. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
- ↑ Gros-Verheyde, Nicolas (30 March 2009). "Erreur fatale: les pirates attaquent un navire... d'Atalanta!" (in French). Bruxelles 2. http://bruxelles2.over-blog.com/article-29666276.html. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
- ↑ Perry, Tony (30 March 2009). "GULF OF ADEN: Pirates fire on German ship, leading to five-hour chase". Babylon & Beyond. Los Angeles Times. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2009/03/gulf-of-aden-pi.html. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
- ↑ "Deutsche Marine setzt Angreifer vor Somalia fest" (in German). Franffurter Allgemeine. 31 March 2009. http://www.faz.net/s/RubDDBDABB9457A437BAA85A49C26FB23A0/Doc~ED588DCB9EBB44E3F845DBAE472AE8D15~ATpl~Ecommon~Scontent.html. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
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