No hangar, but a heli deck was added for Sea King sized or larger helicopters
The ships carry fuel, fresh water, food, ammunition and other matériel. They also have a medical station aboard but doctors are not part of their standard complement and will have to be flown in. The tender also manage waste disposal for the ships they support at sea and can carry out minor repairs of assigned ships. For this purpose Elbe-class tenders assigned to fast attack craft squadrons, for example, carry the SUG repair and support shop specialized for these boats on their deck in a set of 13 standard containers.
Extensive communication gear and accommodations enable them to serve as squadron flagship.
While in general all Elbe-class tenders are quickly configurable to be reassigned to support other squadrons, one of the six ships is usually modified to support German submarines - carrying batteries for reloading for example. This ship - currently Main - while still being of the same class, and easily reconfigurable - is often named as a separate "sub-class" due to this larger modification.
elbe, class, replenishment, ship, this, article, includes, list, references, related, reading, external, links, sources, remain, unclear, because, lacks, inline, citations, please, help, improve, this, article, introducing, more, precise, citations, january, 2. This article includes a list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations Please help improve this article by introducing more precise citations January 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Type 404 Elbe class replenishment ships of the German Navy were built to support its squadrons of Fast Attack Craft submarines and minesweeper hunters as such they are usually referred to as tenders Donau in WarnemundeClass overviewNameElbe classBuildersBremer VulkanOperators German NavySucceeded byBerlin classIn commission1993 presentCompleted6Active6General characteristicsTypeReplenishment shipDisplacement3 586 tonnesLength100 55 m 329 ft 11 in Beam15 40 m 50 ft 6 in Draft4 05 m 13 ft 3 in Propulsion1 Deutz MWM SBV diesel engines 2 562 kW Bow thrusterSpeed15 knots 28 km h 17 mph Range2 600 nmi 4 800 km 3 000 mi Capacity24 standard 6 2 m containers maximum Supplies 700 m fuel 60 m aviation helicopter fuel 280 m fresh water 160 tonnes ammunition 40 tonnes supplies Disposal 5 tonnes solid waste 180 m waste water 32 m waste oilComplement40 standard gt 38 repair party passengers squadron staff Armament2 Fliegerfaust 2 surface to air missile stands MANPADS 2 Rheinmetall Rh202 20 mm autocannon being replaced by 2 MLG 27 27 mm remote controlled autocannonsAviation facilitiesNo hangar but a heli deck was added for Sea King sized or larger helicoptersThe ships carry fuel fresh water food ammunition and other materiel They also have a medical station aboard but doctors are not part of their standard complement and will have to be flown in The tender also manage waste disposal for the ships they support at sea and can carry out minor repairs of assigned ships For this purpose Elbe class tenders assigned to fast attack craft squadrons for example carry the SUG repair and support shop specialized for these boats on their deck in a set of 13 standard containers Extensive communication gear and accommodations enable them to serve as squadron flagship While in general all Elbe class tenders are quickly configurable to be reassigned to support other squadrons one of the six ships is usually modified to support German submarines carrying batteries for reloading for example This ship currently Main while still being of the same class and easily reconfigurable is often named as a separate sub class due to this larger modification List of ships editPennantnumber Name Callsign Commissioned Base UnitA511 Elbe DRHJ January 28 1993 Warnemunde 7th FAC squadronA512 Mosel DRHK July 1 1993 Kiel 5th Minesweeper squadronA513 Rhein DRHL September 1 1993 Kiel 3rd Minesweeper squadronA514 Werra DRHM December 9 1993 Kiel 3rd Minesweeper squadronA515 Main DRHN June 10 1994 Eckernforde 1st Submarine squadronA516 Donau DRHO November 15 1994 Warnemunde 1st Corvette squadronThe ships were named after German rivers Gallery edit nbsp Tender Elbe in Warnemunde nbsp Tender Elbe nbsp Tender Rhein in Eckernforde nbsp Werra in London nbsp Main in Catania nbsp MLG 27 onboard Elbe class tender Rhein nbsp Donau in the Belgian Navy Base of Zeebrugge References edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Elbe class replenishment ships 1 German Navy official homepage in German https web archive org web 20050130085054 http www tender elbe de seiten typenbla htm in German Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Elbe class replenishment ship amp oldid 1037588680, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
