Ear class

**Ear class**
	Housing ship Wische (2006 in Wilhelmshaven)
Ship data
country	Germany GDR ( until 1990 ) ;
Ship type	Supply and accommodation ship
Shipyard	VEB Peene shipyard , Wolgast
Construction period	1982 to 1986
Launch of the type ship	20th August 1983
Units built	6th
period of service	Since 1984
Ship dimensions and crew
length	89.41 m ( Lüa )
width	13.22 m
Side height	5.70 m
Draft	Max. 2.44 m
displacement	2,393 ts
crew	34
Machine system
machine	2 six-cylinder four-stroke diesel engines
Machine ; performance	694 kW (944 hp)
Top ; speed	7 kn (13 km / h)
propeller	2
Armament from 1984 to 1990
	2 × 25 mm L / 70 double mounts; 2 × FASTA-4 starters with 16 Strela-2 ;
Sensors from 1984 to 1990
	TSR-333 - navigation radar ;
Furnishing
Ship crane	1 × 8 t SWL
Accommodation capacity	190 berths

The Ohre class is a series of six combined supply and accommodation ships from Project 162, which was developed in the GDR and built according to its own design by the Peene shipyard in Wolgast . The ships were called floating bases in the People's Navy . The German Navy took over all units as class 650.

Development and construction

As a replacement for the swimming bases of the youth class (project 62), which were put into service from 1961 to 1963 , the Peene shipyard was commissioned in September 1975 to develop a more modern ship class for the following tasks:

Mobile base for torpedo boats and missile speedboats
Accommodation of the speedboat crews and a staff department
Supply and disposal of the units
Carrying out small repairs in harbors, bays and roads

Due to the introduction of small rocket ships ( Tarantul I and Sassnitz classes ) and the planned decommissioning of the torpedo boats ( Libelle and Shershen classes ), the designs had to be modified again and again. As a result, series production could only begin in September 1982.

The hull is made of steel and is divided into ten compartments by nine bulkheads . It was based on the bucket chain excavators of the Soviet Georgi Naliwajko class built by the Peene shipyard . The superstructures are made of aluminum . In contrast to the youth class, the ships had a propulsion system and could change location independently under certain conditions. The maneuverability has been increased by a transverse thruster control system and the Jenckel rudder , which has proven itself in inland shipping . Particular emphasis was placed on improving the working and living conditions of the crews and on protecting the environment .

Furnishing

The accommodations were designed for 190 men, including the regular crew. A galley with its own bakery and a hospital were installed on the ships . Trade fairs , a sauna , a cinema and various sports and leisure rooms were available to look after the soldiers .

Over 700 t of operating materials , ammunition and provisions could be stored in the loading and cooling rooms . Solid goods were handed over with a ship crane , which, however, could only be used in port waters or similarly calm sea areas due to the lack of a sea state follower device.

Systems for waste incineration , bilge water deoiling and wastewater treatment were operated for internal and external disposal .

For self-defense were the vessels with two 25-mm-L / 70 - anti-aircraft guns and two FASTA 4-starters for 16 Strela-2 - aircraft missiles equipped.

The machinery consisted of two six-cylinder four-stroke marine diesel engines of the type SKL 6 VD 18/15 Al-1 with 347 kW each, which acted on two propellers. The internal and external electrical supply was ensured by four diesel generators with 350 kVA each.

After the takeover by the German Navy, the weapons and propulsion systems were expanded and the unsold units were converted into pure living ships.

units

All ships were named after the GDR landscape areas and were in active fleet service when the People's Navy was dissolved. After the takeover by the German Navy , the ship 162.03 had to be renamed Wische , since in 1990 the fuel transporter Harz (A 1428) was still in service. Further changes after 1990 are listed in the table below as the 2nd line.

Construction no.	Project / ship no.	Surname	Identifiers	Launch	Commissioning	Naval bases	Decommissioning	Whereabouts
367	162.01 650/01	Vogtland	H 71 Y 890	20th August 1983	5th September 1984	Rostock Warnemünde	April 25, 2002	About VEBEG in Turkey sold
368	162.02 650/02	Altmark	H 11 Y 891	February 21, 1984	October 24, 1984	Dranske Wilhelmshaven	June 30, 2016	Sold through VEBEG and towed to Denmark
369	162.03 650/06	Resin wipes	H 31 Y 895	April 30, 1984	June 4th 1985	Dranske Wilhelmshaven
370	162.04 650/03	Havelland	H 51 Y 892	August 24, 1984	August 1, 1985	Dranske Warnemünde	September 30, 1991	sold to private owners via VEBEG
371	162.05 650/05	Börde	H 72 Y 894	March 2, 1985	October 1, 1985	Dranske Warnemünde	December 23, 1992	About VEBEG to Singapore sold
372	162.06 650/04	Uckermark	H 91 Y 893	March 19, 1985	January 8, 1986	Dranske Wilhelmshaven	April 19, 2002	sold to Turkey via VEBEG

literature

Gerhard Koop / Siegfried Breyer: The ships, vehicles and planes of the German Navy from 1956 until today . Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Bonn 1996, ISBN 3-7637-5950-6 , p. 389-391 .
Hans Mehl / Knut Schäfer / Ulrich Israel: From the coastal defense boat to the rocket ship . Military Publishing House of the German Democratic Republic, Berlin 1986, ISBN 3-327-00075-1 , p. 208-209 .

Web links

Commons : ear class - collection of images, videos and audio files

Helfried Röder: Floating base project 162 (living ship) Ohre class. Retrieved July 9, 2012 .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Information according to the list of ship numbers
↑ Wilhelmshavener Zeitung of September 13, 2018, p. 1

[Type-1] Information according to the list of ship numbers

[2] Wilhelmshavener Zeitung of September 13, 2018, p. 1