Berlin class replenishment ship

A1411 Berlin
Class overview
Builders:	Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft
Operators:	German Navy
In commission:	2001–
Planned:	4
Completed:	2
Active:	Berlin, Frankfurt am Main
General characteristics
Displacement:	20,240 tonnes
Length:	173.7 m (569 ft 11 in)
Beam:	24 m (78 ft 9 in)
Height:	17.5 m (57 ft 5 in)
Draft:	7.6 m (24 ft 11 in)
Propulsion:	2 × MAN Diesel 12V 32/40 diesel-engines, 5,340 kW each 2 × reduction gears, 2 × controllable pitch four-bladed propellers 1 × bow thruster 4 x 1200 kW diesel generators
Speed:	20 kn (37 km/h)
Complement:	139 (+ 94)
Armament:	4 × MLG 27 mm autocannons Stinger surface to air missile (MANPADS)
Aircraft carried:	2 × Sea King or MH90 helicopters
Aviation facilities:	hangar and flight deck

The Type 702 Berlin class replenishment ships are the largest vessels of the Deutsche Marine (German Navy). In German, this type of ship is called Einsatzgruppenversorger which can be translated as task force supplier though the official translation in English is combat support ship, or in military parlance, a replenishment oiler.

They are intended to support German naval units away from their home ports. The ships carry fuel, provisions, ammunition and other matériel and also provide medical services. The ships are named after German cities where German parliaments were placed.

The requirement of the German navy was for two ships of this class. The more expensive third unit is under construction by a consortium of several German shipyards and is widely considered to serve more as financial assistance to the shipyards than as a necessary component of the navy.^{[citation needed]}

General characteristics

Berlin (A1411)

MLG 27 on board the Berlin

• Builder: Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg, Germany
• Power Plant: 2 × MAN Diesel 12V 32/40 diesel-engines, 5,340 kW each; 2 reduction gears, 2 controllable pitch four-bladed propellers, 1 bow thruster
• Length: 173.7 m (569 ft 11 in)
• Beam: 24 m (78 ft 9 in)
• Displacement: 20,240 tonnes
• Capacity: 9330 tonnes of fuel oil, aviation fuel and fresh water
• Cargo space: 550 tonnes mixed cargo
• Speed: 20 kn (37 km/h)
• Aircraft: 2 × Sea King or MH90 helicopters
• Armament: 4 × MLG 27 mm autocannons, Stinger surface to air missile (MANPADS),
• Crew: 139 (+ 94), plus hospital capacity of 43 patients

List of ships

FGS Frankfurt-Am-Main (A1412) departing Portsmouth Naval Base, UK, 26th Jan 2009.

Pennant number	Name	Call sign	Commissioned	Homeport
A1411	Berlin	DRKA	April 11, 2001	Wilhelmshaven
A1412	Frankfurt am Main	DRKB	May 27, 2002	Kiel
A1413	Bonn	(ordered)

External links

• Manufacturer's Website