Walchensee-class tanker (original) (raw)

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Tegernsee (2011)
Class overview
Name Walchensee class
Builders Lindenau-Werft, Kiel
Operators German Navy
Built 1964-1967
In service 1966-2015
Building 4
Active 0
Retired 4
General characteristics
Class and type Kleiner Betriebsstofftransporter 703
Type Tanker
Displacement 2,174 tonnes
Length 74.20 m (243 ft 5 in)
Beam 11.22 m (36 ft 10 in)
Draft 4.54 m (14 ft 11 in)
Propulsion 2 × MWM diesel engines, generating 1,020 kW One controlled-pitch propeller, 2.25 m diameter
Speed 12.5 knots (23.2 km/h)
Range 3,250 nm at 12 kn
Complement 21 civilians
Sensors and processing systems Navigation radars only
Notes Transport capacity: 1100 t of fuel 60 t fresh water

The _Walchensee_-class tanker (Type 703) is a series of four small coastal tankers, built by Lindenau-Werft in Kiel for the German Navy to transport fuel and fresh water between depots and to units near coasts or in harbour.

Two ships were in service until December 2015 and are disposed off, the other 2 were already decommissioned (one sold & one scrapped).

Pennant number Name Call sign Launched Commissioned Decommissioned Base/fate
A 1424 Walchensee July 10, 1965 June 29, 1966 December 19, 2001 sold
A 1425 Ammersee DRKJ July 9, 1966 March 2, 1967 31 December 2015
A 1426 Tegernsee DRKK October 22, 1966 March 23, 1967 31 December 2015
A 1427 Westensee April 8, 1967 October 6, 1967 September 30, 2003 scrapped 2009