Helgoland (A 1457)
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| Helgoland (A 1457) | |
| Overview | |
| Type | Salvage tug |
| Shipyard | |
| Keel laying | July 24, 1964 |
| Launch | April 9, 1965 |
| Namesake | Heligoland |
| Commissioning | March 8, 1966 |
| Decommissioning | December 19, 1997 |
| Whereabouts | Uruguayan Navy |
| 2. Period of service |
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| Commissioning | September 21, 1998 as ROU 22 Oyarvide |
| home port | Montevideo |
| Technical specifications | |
| displacement |
1,557 ts |
| length |
67.91 meters |
| width |
12.42 meters |
| Draft |
4.2 meters |
| crew |
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| drive |
Diesel- electric drive |
| speed |
16.6 kn |
| Range |
5,800 nm at 13 kn |
| Bunker quantity |
314 m³ |
| Armament |
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The Helgoland (A 1457) was a salvage tug Class 720, from 1966 to 1997 for the German Navy / German Navy was in service. Since 1998 the ship has been in service as ROU 22 Oyarvide for the Uruguayan Navy .
draft
The Helgoland was the type ship of the Helgoland class built near Schichau Unterweser (hull number 442) in Bremerhaven .
The hull is built in Maier form with ice reinforcement and divided into nine watertight compartments. The superstructures are made of light metal. For equipment of the vessel include NBC , magnetic self-protection , fire-fighting monitors , workshops , a decompression chamber , a towing device, a 5- t - derrick and a high-resolution sonar for searching for shipwrecks .
The armament was a Breda 40mm / L70 double mount on the forecastle . It was first cocooned and later expanded. It was also possible to move sea mines .
commitment
Federal Navy / German Navy
After the commissioning on March 8, 1966, the Helgoland belonged to the 2nd supply squadron (from April 1997, Trossgeschwader ) and was stationed at the Wilhelmshaven naval base . On December 19, 1997, she was decommissioned, hung up at Wiesbaden Bridge and in 1998 sold to the Uruguayan Navy.
Uruguayan Navy
In September 1998 the ship was equipped at Hannoverkai and put back into service there on September 21, 1998 as ROU 22 Oyarvide . After an overhaul at the Neue Jadewerft , the Oyarvide left Wilhelmshaven on November 7, 1998 and reached her new home port of Montevideo in December of that year.
The oceanographic, hydrological and meteorological service of the Uruguayan Navy ( Servicio de Oceanografía, Hidrografía y Meteorología de la Armada (SOHMA) ) mainly uses the Oyarvide as a hydrographic survey vessel with the most modern bathymetric equipment . The ability for SAR operations , maritime fire fighting and salvage of damaged items has been retained.
Explanations
- ↑ a b ROU is the abbreviation for República Oriental del Uruguay and the name prefix of Uruguayan ships
literature
- Gerhard Koop / Siegfried Breyer: The ships, vehicles and aircraft of the German Navy from 1956 to today , Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Bonn 1996, ISBN 3-7637-5950-6