Oste (Class 423)

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Class 423 (Oste Class) class
The Oste (A 52), before Eckernförde
The Oste (A 52), before Eckernförde
Overview
Type Fleet service boat
Shipyard

Flensburg shipbuilding company

Keel laying 1986
Namesake Oste (river)
1. Period of service flag
Commissioning June 30, 1988
home port Eckernförde , Schleswig-Holstein
Technical specifications
displacement

  • Type displacement: 2,375 t
  • Displacement: 3,200 t
length

83.5 m

width

14.6 m

Draft

4.20 m to 6.40 m

crew

36 (Stamm) + 40 (emergency personnel 2. / EloKaBtl 912 )

drive

Humboldt-Deutz Diesel
output: 6,600 kW (8,980 PS)

speed

20 knots

Range

5,000 nm

Armament

no

The Oste (A 52) is a fleet service boat and the type ship of the Oste class of the German Navy . The Oste belongs to the operational flotilla 1 and there to the 1st submarine squadron with its home port in Eckernförde . It is named after the river Oste in Lower Saxony.

description

Antenna structures on the Oste (2014) (also called "Die Titte")

The fleet service boats of the Oste class were designed as reconnaissance units during the Cold War . Until 2002 the Oste belonged to the flotilla of naval command services . In the meantime, the Oste's area of ​​responsibility, as well as that of its sister ships Alster and Oker , has been expanded to include early warning and telecommunication tasks in cooperation with other units of German and international armed forces .

The current ship Oste was put into service on June 30, 1988 as the successor to the predecessor ship of the same name (service period 1957–1987). It is named after the river Oste in Lower Saxony.

On September 19, 2003 the Upper Bavarian city of Wolfratshausen took on a sponsorship for the Oste .

Web links

Commons : Oste (Class 423)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Battalion Electronic Warfare 912: About Us. Federal Ministry of Defense - The head of the press and information staff, July 9, 2018, accessed on October 23, 2019 .
  2. ^ Johannes Berthold Sander-Nagashima: The Federal Navy 1950 to 1972: Concept and Structure (= Security Policy and Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Germany. Volume 4). Oldenbourg Verlag, Munich 2006, ISBN 978-3-486-57972-7 , p. 577.
  3. ↑ https://www.wolfratshausen.de/bekanntmachungen-informationen/partner-paten-freundschaften/unsere-patenschaften/patenschiff-oste/