Potsdam class
 The Potsdam on the Day of German Unity 2019 in Kiel
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The Potsdam class is a series of three federal police force ships . It was commissioned in 2016 and will replace the Sassnitz- class boats that have already been decommissioned and the Bredstedt .
history
After the Bundestag secured the financing for the three ships in autumn 2015, the construction contract was awarded to the Fassmer shipyard in Berne on December 12, 2016 . While the first ship, the Potsdam , was completely built in Berne, the order for the shell construction of the other two ships was awarded to the Western Baltija Shipbuilding yard in Klaipėda ( Lithuania ) for capacity reasons . Their hulls were then towed to Germany for completion . As part of the christening of Potsdam on December 14, 2018, it became known that, contrary to the original plan, the ships would each be armed with a Mk 110 57mm cannon . This was justified with the expanded range of tasks of the coast guard and the need to be able to stop large ships if necessary.
The type ship Potsdam was ceremonially put into service on July 22, 2019 in Neustadt in Holstein as the first of these three mission ships.
description
The mission ships are each 86.02 m long and 13.42 m wide.
The main drive consists of two Wärtsilä - diesel engines type 12V 26F, each with 4,080 kW power per its torque via a ZF transmission on a variable pitch transmitted. Two on-board units from Caterpillar , each with an output of 820 kW, increase the drive power via electric traction motors that are flanged to the gears of the main motors, which can also work as generators . Each ship also has two transverse thrusters for better controllability .
The engines are equipped with exhaust aftertreatment systems and meet the TIER III emissions standard and the ECA standard for the North and Baltic Seas . In terms of design, they also have all the criteria that are necessary for the award of the Blue Angel .
The ships have a helicopter landing deck on which the largest helicopter of the Federal Police, the Super Puma from Airbus Helicopters , can land. They also have special container spaces for mission equipment and control boats that can be used up to a wave height of four meters. By 2021, the ships are also to be armed with a cannon and two machine guns.
Ships
| Identifier | Surname | Callsign | Keel laying | Launch | delivery | Commissioning | home port | Location port | credentials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BP 81 | Potsdam | DBBM | August 14, 2017 | December 8, 2018 | May 9, 2019 | July 22, 2019 | Neustadt in Holstein | Cuxhaven | |
| BP 82 | Bamberg | DBBO | 28th September 2017 | July 30, 2019 | 18th September 2019 | Neustadt in Holstein | Rostock | ||
| BP 83 | Bad Düben | DBBP | October 31, 2017 | May 7, 2019 | 1st October 2019 | 20th November 2019 | Neustadt in Holstein | Cuxhaven |
Web links
Individual evidence
- Jump up ↑ BPOLD-H: The names of the new federal police force ships have been determined. Press release. Hanover Police Department, December 5, 2017, accessed on January 28, 2019 .
- ↑ Fassmer receives an order for three new mission ships for the federal police. Press release. Fassmer-Werft, December 2016, accessed on January 28, 2019 .
- ↑ Frank Behling: The first journey of the "Bamberg". Kieler Nachrichten, April 5, 2018, accessed on January 28, 2019 .
- ↑ T.Wiegold: Cannons for the police. Eyes straight ahead, December 14, 2018, accessed January 28, 2019 .
- ↑ New federal police mission ship put into service. Federal Police , July 23, 2019, accessed on July 24, 2019 .
- ↑ Dipl-Ing Peter Pospiech: Federal Police receives new operational ships. Association of European Maritime Journalists, January 8, 2019, accessed January 28, 2019 .
- ↑ Rolf Dunkel: Federal police mission ship "Bamberg": new building for the coast guard is towed through the Kiel Canal. Schleswig-Holsteinischer Zeitungsverlag, April 5, 2018, accessed on January 28, 2019 .
- ↑ Federal police ships get guns
- ↑ German coastguard commissions third Potsdam OPV Janes, 22 November 2019
- ↑ Ship details Potsdam. DNV GL , accessed on November 15, 2019 .
- ↑ Sebastian Rosenkötter: The superlative coast guard: The most important facts about the new ship "Potsdam". Lübecker Nachrichten , July 22, 2019, accessed on September 18, 2019 .
- ↑ Ship details Bamberg. DNV GL , accessed on November 15, 2019 .
- ^ Johanna Hegermann: The last trip of the "Bredstedt". Ostsee-Zeitung, November 15, 2018, accessed on January 28, 2019 .
- ^ "Bad Düben": New construction is under way, home port of Cuxhaven to Cuxhavener Nachrichten, October 30, 2019