Rhön class tanker

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Rhön class tanker
A1442 Spessart entering New York Harbor
General characteristics
Displacement:	14,169 tonnes
Speed:	16 knots
Complement:	42

The Type 704A Rhön class tankers are used by the German Navy to provide fleets at high seas with fuel.

Contents 1 Specifications 2 Ship list 3 References 4 See also

[edit] Specifications

• Propulsion: 5880 kW
• Speed: 16 kn
• Capacity: around 44760 m³

[edit] Ship list

Pennant number	Name	Call sign	Commissioned	Base
A1443	Rhön	DRKM	September 23, 1977	Wilhelmshaven
A1442	Spessart	DRKN	September 5, 1977	Kiel

Notes:

• Originally the ships were built for Libya as Okene (Rhön) and Okapi (Spessart).
• Rhön and Spessart are names of forests (small mountain ranges) in Germany.

[edit] References

• Betriebstofftransporter RHÖN-Klasse (in German) - Marine (official homepage of the German Navy)

[edit] See also

v • d • e Ship classes of the Deutsche Marine Destroyers 101A Hamburg · 103B Lütjens Frigates and Corvettes 122 Bremen · 123 Brandenburg · 124 Sachsen · F125 · 130 Braunschweig Fast Attack Craft 143 Albatros · 143A Gepard · 148 Tiger Mine warfare 332 Frankenthal · 333 Kulmbach · 352 Ensdorf · 742A Mühlhausen Submarines 201 · 205B · 206A · 212A Auxiliary ships 404 Elbe · 423 Oste · 441 Gorch Fock · 520 Barbe · 702 Berlin · 703 Walchensee · 704 Rhön · 720 Helgoland · 721 Eisvogel · 722 Wangerooge · 738 Bottsand · 751 Planet · 760 Westerwald