Spessart (A 1442)
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The Spessart is a fuel transporter of the German Navy and belongs to the Rhön class . Their optical identification is "A 1442". It was put into service in Kiel on September 5, 1977 and belongs to the pack squadron stationed in Wilhelmshaven . The sister ship of the same class, the Rhön , is stationed in Wilhelmshaven.
Technical data and tasks
The ship has an operational displacement of 14,169 tons and can run at a speed of 16 knots. The loading capacity is around 11,500 cubic meters. The drive system has an output of 5880 kW or 8000 PS. The crew consists of civilian forces and consists of 40 to 42 people.
The ship is used to supply warships at sea. It has facilities for the sea supply , with which it can transfer fuel and water while underway.
history
On May 8, 1980, the Spessart collided during an exercise with the former destroyer Bavaria , with its bow being pushed in as far as the breakwater. During a stay in the shipyard in Toulon, an emergency repair was carried out and Bayern received an emergency post.
From January to April 1994, the Spessart belonged to the Task Group 500.02 under Captain Gottfried high at that as part of Operation Southern Cross served to the under Operation UNOSOM II used German Support Association Somalia of the German Army from Mogadishu to Mombasa to evacuate .
In March 2009 the ship had the task of supplying German units as part of Operation Atalanta of the European Union (EU). For this purpose there was an armed escort with twelve soldiers on board. On Sunday March 29, 2009, the ship was attacked with small arms guns from a boat in the Gulf of Aden area by a group of seven pirates. The escort returned the attack with small arms. During the attack, the commander called other ships for help, including the German frigate Rheinland-Pfalz . Furthermore, the US dropship Boxer , the Spanish frigate Victoria and the Dutch frigate De Zeven Provinciën came to the area of the attack.
All seven pirates were captured by a boarding team from Rhineland-Palatinate and imprisoned on the frigate.
From January to March 2013 the Spessart took part in the Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG 1). She took part both in the Dynamic Guard maneuver off Norway and in Operation Active Endeaveour in the Eastern Mediterranean in the sea area between Cyprus , Syria and Lebanon . In March she was replaced by her sister ship Rhön .
On January 27, 2014, Captain Wolfgang Schmid, who had led the ship for 10 years, handed it over to Captain Rolf von Bebern.
2014 took Spessart on Operations and Training Association in 2014 in part. The route led from the Arctic Circle to Lagos in Nigeria .
In 2015 the Spessart belonged to the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG 2) and took part in the Dynamic Mongoose submarine maneuver .
From April to August 2016, the Spessart took part in Operation Atalanta again.
On January 11, 2017, the Spessart again left its home port in Kiel to join Standing Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1) in Oslo. She was to be a member of this task force until May 2017. On April 11, 2017, the naval command announced that the Spessart had to return to Kiel early due to an engine failure. After the sister ship Rhön had already failed due to technical defects, the German Navy temporarily had no operational fuel transporter.
After being repaired, the Spessart failed again in February 2018 when it was on the maneuver in Norway due to damage to the e-diesel and emergency diesel. Thereupon she had to break off her involvement prematurely and enter the Norwegian naval base Haakonsvern near Bergen .
Due to machine problems, the two Rhön-class ships, the Rhön and the Spessart , were taken out of service in June 2018. DNV GL , which is responsible for ship safety, withdrew the operating license from the two tankers. They are slated to be repaired and remain in service until 2024.
At the end of January 2019, the Spessart ran out to participate in the Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG 1) by March 2019 . After a week in the association, however, the Spessart had to return to Kiel for several days of repair work before it could rejoin the association.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.marine.de/portal/a/marine/kcxml/04_Sj9SPykssy0xPLMnMz0vM0Y_QjzKLNzKON3RzdgNJgjneZiH6kQjhoJRUfV-P_NxUfW_9AP2C3IhyR0dFRQC_9w_o/delta/base64xml/L2dJQSEvUUt3QS80SVVFLzZfMjNfUVE1?yw_contentURL=%2F01DB070000000001%2FW269DBYZ949INFODE%2Fcontent.jsp
- ↑ Erreur fatale: les pirates attaquent un navire… d'Atalanta!
- ↑ GULF OF ADEN: Pirates fire on German ship, leading to five-hour chase
- ^ German Navy arrests attackers in Somalia
- ↑ Change of leadership at NATO Association. In: www.marine.de. Retrieved August 10, 2016 .
- ↑ The "Rhön" fuel transporter replaces the sister ship in the SNMG 1. In: www.marine.de. Retrieved August 10, 2016 .
- ↑ Issuing the command "Spessart". In: www.marine.de. Retrieved August 10, 2016 .
- ↑ Operation and training association set to sea in 2014. In: www.marine.de. Retrieved August 10, 2016 .
- ↑ Tanker "Spessart" on the way to Operation Atalanta. In: www.marine.de. Retrieved May 28, 2016 .
- ^ "Goodbye" FGS Spessart - Thanks for Your Support to Op Atalanta | Eunavfor. In: eunavfor.eu. Retrieved August 8, 2016 .
- ↑ "Ready to do our part" Fuel transporter "Spessart" is leaving for the NATO association. Retrieved January 12, 2017 .
- ↑ Marine tankers chained . In: Eckernförder Zeitung . July 3, 2018, p. 4 .
- ↑ Frank Behling: Defect: Tanker interrupts NATO mission. In: http://www.kn-online.de . Kieler Nachrichten, January 25, 2019, accessed on February 5, 2019 .