German tanker Spessart
Spessart replenishes USS Vicksburg on 10 May 2015.
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History | |
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Germany | |
Name | Spessart |
Namesake | Spessart |
Owner | Deutsche Marine |
Port of registry | Hamburg, Germany |
Builder | , Rendsburg |
Launched | 13 February 1975 |
Acquired | 1976 |
Commissioned | 5 September 1977 |
Renamed | Okapi |
Homeport | Kiel, Germany |
Identification |
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Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Type | Rhön-class tanker |
Tonnage | |
Displacement | 14,396 t (14,169 long tons) |
Length | 130.2 m (427 ft 2 in) |
Beam | 19.3 m (63 ft 4 in) |
Draught | 8.7 m (28 ft 7 in) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion | 1 shaft, controllable pitch propeller |
Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
Range | 3,250 nmi (6,020 km; 3,740 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
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Complement | 42 (civilian) |
Spessart (A1442) is the second ship of the Rhön-class tankers of the German Navy. She was commissioned at Kiel, Germany on 5 September 1977.
Construction and career[]
Spessart was originally built for civilian service by of Rendsburg in 1974. On 5 September 1977 she was commissioned into the German Navy, based at Kiel, Germany.[1]
On 29 March 2009, as she was taking part in Operation Atalanta, Spessart was attacked by a 7-man pirate boat.[2][3] In addition to the regular 40-man civilian crew, Spessart carried a 12-man security detail which exchanged small arm fire with the pirates, and repelled the assault.[4] The German frigate Rheinland-Pfalz intervened, along with vessels from several other navies: HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën, Psara, Victoria, and USS Boxer. The pirates were captured after a chase lasting a few hours.
Gallery[]
Spessart alongside to replenish Lütjens on 31 July 1980.
Spessart alongside to replenish Lütjens on 31 July 1980.
Spessart entering New York Harbor on 13 October 2004.
Spessart at the deperming range in Wilhelmshaven on 20 January 2016
HMS St Albans, Spessart and HNoMS Roald Amundsen replenishing on 26 January 2017.
Spessart underway on 18 February 2019.
References[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to IMO 7362079. |
- ^ "FGS Spessart". NATO. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
- ^ Gros-Verheyde, Nicolas (30 March 2009). "Erreur fatale: les pirates attaquent un navire... d'Atalanta!" (in French). Bruxelles 2. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
- ^ Perry, Tony (30 March 2009). "GULF OF ADEN: Pirates fire on German ship, leading to five-hour chase". Babylon & Beyond. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
- ^ "Deutsche Marine setzt Angreifer vor Somalia fest" (in German). Franffurter Allgemeine. 31 March 2009. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
- 1975 ships
- Rhön-class tankers
- Piracy in Somalia
- Ships built in Rendsburg
- Tankers of Germany