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Walchensee-class tanker

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Tegernsee (2011)
Class overview
NameWalchensee class
BuildersLindenau-Werft, Kiel
Operators German Navy
Built1964-1967
In service1966-2015
Building4
Active0
Retired4
General characteristics
Class and typeKleiner Betriebsstofftransporter 703
TypeTanker
Displacement2,174 tonnes
Length74.20 m (243 ft 5 in)
Beam11.22 m (36 ft 10 in)
Draft4.54 m (14 ft 11 in)
Propulsion
Speed12.5 knots (23.2 km/h)
Range3,250 nm at 12 kn
Complement21 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).

Ship list

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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

See also

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References

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Further reading

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  • Gerhard Koop/Siegfried Breyer: Die Schiffe, Fahrzeuge und Flugzeuge der deutschen Marine von 1956 bis heute, Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Bonn 1996, ISBN 3-7637-5950-6 (German)