Rhön-class tanker

Class overview
A1442 Spessart entering New York Harbor
Operators:	German Navy
In service:	1977-present
Active:	2
General characteristics
Type:	Replenishment tanker
Displacement:	14,169 tonnes
Installed power:	5,880 kW (8,000 PS)
Speed:	16 knots
Capacity:	11,500 m³
Complement:	42 (civilian)

The Type 704A Rhön class tankers are a class of Replenishment oilers used by the German Navy to provide underway replenishment for its ships at sea.

Specifications

Propulsion: 5880 kW
Speed: 16 kn
Capacity: 11.500 m³

Ship list

Pennant number	Name	Call sign	Commissioned	Base
A1443	Rhön	DRKM	September 23, 1977	Wilhelmshaven
A1442	Spessart	DRKN	September 5, 1977	Kiel

Originally the ships were built for Libya as the Okene (Rhön) and Okapi (Spessart). The Rhön and Spessart are small forested mountain ranges in Germany.

References

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Ship classes of the German Navy

Destroyers	101A Hamburg 103B Lütjens 119 Fletcher

Frigates and corvettes	120 Köln 122 Bremen 123 Brandenburg 124 Sachsen 125 Baden-Württemberg 130 Braunschweig

Fast attack craft	149 Silbermöwe 140 Jaguar 141 Seeadler 142 Zobel 143 Albatros 143A Gepard 148 Tiger

Mine warfare	320 Lindau 332 Frankenthal 333 Kulmbach 352 Ensdorf 742A Mühlhausen

Submarines	XXI Wilhelm Bauer 201 202 205B 206A 212A

Training ships	440 Deutschland

Auxiliary ships	404 Elbe 423 Oste 441 Gorch Fock 520 Barbe 702 Berlin 703 Walchensee 704 Rhön 720 Helgoland 721 Eisvogel 722 Wangerooge 738 Bottsand 751 Planet 760 Westerwald

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