Oste-class fleet service ship | |
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A52 Oste in 2006 | |
Class overview | |
Builders: | Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg |
Operators: | German Navy |
Preceded by: | Type 422 class |
In commission: | 1988– |
Completed: | 3 |
Active: | 3 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement: | 3,200 tonnes |
Length: | 83.5 m (273 ft 11 in) |
Beam: | 14.6 m (47 ft 11 in) |
Draft: | 4.2 m (13 ft 9 in) |
Propulsion: | 2 diesel engines, 3300 kW each |
Speed: | 21 knots (39 km/h) |
Range: | More than 5,000 nautical miles (9,300 km) |
Complement: | 36 + up to 40 mission specialists |
Sensors and processing systems: | ELINT/COMINT sensors |
Electronic warfare & decoys: | Electronic countermeasures[specify] |
Armament: | None |
Type 423 Oste class are purpose built SIGINT/ELINT and reconnaissance ships of the German Navy. Officially designated as fleet service ships, they replaced the Type 422 class.
Accommodation for the crew was designed to civil standards, and the Oste class offers much more comfort for the crew than other ships in the German Navy.
List of ships[]
Ship | Pennant number |
Call sign | Launched | Commissioned |
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Oste | A52 | DRHH | July 30, 1988 | |
Oker | A53 | DRHG | November 10, 1988 | |
Alster | A50 | DRHF | November 14, 1988 | October 5, 1989 |
The ships were built at Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft in Flensburg.
All ships are currently based in Eckernförde and belong to the 1st submarine squadron stationed in Eckernförde. The vessels received the same name and pennant numbers as the three Type 422 class vessels they replaced. To avoid the confusion, the ship names are sometimes suffixed with II.
The Oker was reportedly spotted near the Syrian coast in August 2012.[1]
References[]
- Notes
- Bibliography
- "Flottendienstboot OSTE-Klasse" (in German). Deutsche Marine. http://www.marine.de/portal/a/marine/kcxml/04_Sj9SPykssy0xPLMnMz0vM0Y_QjzKLNzKOD_SxAMmB2d5mIfqRcNGglFR9X4_83FR9b_0A_YLciHJHR0VFAIhx5Mw!/delta/base64xml/L3dJdyEvd0ZNQUFzQUMvNElVRS82XzIzX1FURQ!!. Retrieved 5 August 2008.
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