German ship Donau (A516)
![]() Donau on 13 August 2005 | |
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Name | Donau |
Namesake | Donau |
Builder | Bremer Vulkan |
Launched | March 1994 |
Commissioned | 15 November 1994 |
Homeport | Warnemünde |
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Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Type | Elbe-class replenishment ship |
Displacement | 3,586 tonnes |
Length | 100.55 m (329 ft 11 in) |
Beam | 15.40 m (50 ft 6 in) |
Draft | 4.05 m (13 ft 3 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h) |
Range | 2,600 nmi (4,800 km) |
Capacity |
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Complement | 40 (standard) + >38 (repair party, passengers, squadron staff) |
Armament |
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Aviation facilities | Helipad |
Donau (A516) is the sixth ship of the Elbe-class replenishment ships of the German Navy.
Development
[edit]The Elbe-class replenishment ships are also known tenders of the German Navy. In German, this type of ship is called Versorgungsschiffe which can be translated as "supply ship" though the official translation in English is "replenishment ship".
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 rivers where German parliaments were placed.
Construction and career
[edit]Donau was launched in March 1994 in Bremen-Vegesack, Germany. She was commissioned on 15 November 1994.[1]
On 11 January 2020, Donau under the command of Captain Bernd Abshagen left her home port of Warnemünde to join the Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 (SNMCMG1).[2]
Until July 2024, it was part of the Very High Readiness Joint Task Force Maritime (VJTF (M)) in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea.[3][4][5]
Gallery
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Donau on 13 August 2005
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Donau on 1 August 2010
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Donau and Bad Bevensen on 31 August 2014
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Donau during BALTOPS on 16 June 2020
References
[edit]- ^ "Type 404 Elbe Class Tenders - Naval Technology". www.naval-technology.com. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
- ^ "Mecklenburger führt Tender "Donau" und seine Besatzung in den NATO-Einsatz". presseportal.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-07-31.
- ^ https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/schleswig-holstein/Tender-Donau-kehrt-nach-Kiel-zurueck,regionkielnews890.html
- ^ https://www.ndr.de/fernsehen/sendungen/schleswig-holstein_magazin/Tender-Donau-kehrt-nach-Kiel-zurueck,shmag118562.html
- ^ https://www.dbwv.de/ticker-zurueck-zur-startseite/ueber-6-monate-und-15000-seemeilen-tender-donau-kommt-zurueck-nach-kiel
External links
[edit] Media related to A516 Donau (ship, 1994) at Wikimedia Commons