German ship Bonn
{{short description|Berlin-class oiler}}
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}} {{Infobox ship image | Ship image = File:BONN 5576.JPG | Ship caption = Bonn returning from her sea trials on 29 August 2013. }} {{Infobox ship career | Ship country = Germany | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|Germany|naval}} | Ship name = Bonn | Ship namesake = Bonn | Ship builder = Peene-Werft | Ship ordered = | Ship laid down = 16 September 2010 | Ship launched = 27 April 2011 | Ship commissioned = 13 September 2013 | Ship identification = *{{MMSI Number|211927000}}
| Ship honors = | Ship status = Active | Ship homeport = Wilhelmshaven, Germany }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship type = {{sclass|Berlin|replenishment ship}} | Ship displacement = 20,240 tonnes | Ship length = {{convert|173.7|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|24|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship height = {{convert|17.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship draft = {{convert|7.6|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship depth = | Ship hold depth = | Ship propulsion = *2 × MAN Diesel 12V 32/40 diesel-engines, {{cvt|5,340|kW|lk=on}} each
| Ship speed = {{convert|20|kn|lk=in}} | Ship range = {{cvt|16,000|km|nmi mi}} | Ship endurance = 45 days | Ship boats = | Ship capacity = | Ship complement = 139 (+ 94) | Ship sensors = | Ship EW = | Ship armament = *4 × MLG 27 mm autocannons | Ship armor = | Ship aircraft = 2 × Sea King or NH90 helicopters | Ship aircraft facilities = Hangar and flight deck | Ship notes = }} |
Bonn (A1413) is the third ship of the {{sclass|Berlin|replenishment ship}}s of the German Navy.
Development
{{Main|Berlin-class replenishment ship}}
The Berlin-class replenishment ships are the largest vessels of the German Navy.{{cite web|title=Berlin Class Fleet Auxiliary Vessels, Germany|url=http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/berlin-class-fleet-auxiliary-vessels/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520004059/http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/berlin-class-fleet-auxiliary-vessels/|archive-date=20 May 2013|accessdate=2 June 2013|work=naval-technology.com|df=dmy-all}} In German, this type of ship is called Einsatzgruppenversorger which can be translated as "task force supplier" though the official translation in English is "combat support ship".
They are intended to support German naval units away from their home ports. The ships carry fuel, provisions, ammunition and other matériel and also provide medical services. The ships are named after German cities where German parliaments were placed.
Construction and career
Bonn was laid down on 16 September 2010 and launched on 27 April 2011 at Hamburg, Germany. She was commissioned on 30 September 2013.{{Cite web|title=Berlin Class Fleet Auxiliary Vessels|url=https://www.naval-technology.com/projects/berlin-class-fleet-auxiliary-vessels/|access-date=2020-09-17|website=Naval Technology|language=en-GB}}{{Cite web|date=2012-04-26|title=Dritter Einsatzgruppenversorger Klasse 702 ‑ Das Schiff und dessen Weiterentwicklung|url=http://www.dmkn.de/Dritter-Einsatzgruppenversorger-Klasse-702-Das-Schiff-dessen-Weiterentwicklung|access-date=2020-09-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426070747/http://www.dmkn.de/Dritter-Einsatzgruppenversorger-Klasse-702-Das-Schiff-dessen-Weiterentwicklung|archive-date=2012-04-26}}
Bonn participated in BALTOPS 2019 and she came alongside to replenish {{USS|Gravely}} during the exercise.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}
During her deployment with Operation Irini and following the outbreak of the Sudanese civil war, Bonn was briefly reassigned to the German evacuation effort Operation Raus aus Khartoum on 21 April 2023, where an additional sea-based rescue effort was planned from Port Sudan. However, after the successful air operation, she was not required and resumed her prior assignment until she returned to port on 6 July 2023.{{Cite web |date=2023-07-06 |title=EU-Einsatz Irini: „Bonn“ wieder in Wilhelmshaven |url=https://www.bundeswehr.de/de/organisation/marine/aktuelles/eu-einsatz-irini-bonn-wilhelmshaven-5650896 |access-date=2025-02-26 |website=www.bundeswehr.de |language=de}}
References
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{{Berlin-class replenishment ships}}
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