Lüneburg-class replenishment ship
{{Short description|Class of German Navy replenishment ships}}
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| infobox caption = | display title = | sclass = 2 }} {{Infobox ship image | Ship image = File:Offenburg W Kiel 03-09-1972 (2).jpg | Ship image size = | Ship caption = Offenburg }} {{Infobox ship class overview | Name = Lüneburg class | Total ships building = | Total ships scrapped = | Total ships retired = 8 | Total ships lost = | Total ships laid up = | Total ships active = | Total ships cancelled = | Total ships completed = 8 | Total ships on order = | Builders = *Bremer Vulkan
| Total ships planned = 8 | In commission range = 1966-2004 | Built range = 1963-1966 | Cost = DM 65 million | Subclasses = | Class after = | Class before = | Operators = *{{navy|Germany}}
| Total ships preserved = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Ship complement = 82 crew | Ship aircraft facilities = | Ship aircraft = | Ship armor = | Ship armour = | Ship armament =*2 × twin Bofors 40mm / L70 guns | Ship EW = *AN/SLQ-25 Nixie | Ship sensors = | Ship range = | Header caption = | Ship speed = {{convert|12 |
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| Ship propulsion = 16 cylinder Mb MD872 diesel engines, 3 × shafts, {{convert|2,060|kW|hp|abbr=on}} | Ship draft = {{convert|4.2|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship draught = | Ship beam = {{convert|13.23|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship length = {{convert|118|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship displacement = *{{convert|3,770|t|LT}} (A)
| Ship type = Replenishment ship | Ship notes = }} |
The Type 701 Lüneburg-class replenishment ship was a class of eight replenishment ships of the German Navy. Each ship in the class bore the name of a German city that ended in -burg.
The ships were not all identical, and they were initially divided into different types such as 701 A and 701 B. Only the Coburg was part of the Type 701 B, as it was able to carry heavy fuel oil (NATO code: F82) in addition to diesel fuel.
All units of the Type 701 ships have now been decommissioned. After the service period, which usually lasted around 30 years, they were no longer able to meet the growing demands of the fleet. Today their tasks are partly carried out by the tenders of the Elbe class, but mainly by the task force suppliers (EGV) of the Berlin-class (Type 702).
Development
The supply ships of the German Navy are used to provide operational supply (logistical support) to units at sea. They supply the combat units (destroyers, frigates, speedboats, minehunters , submarines, minesweepers, etc.) with operating materials, consumables and durables, provisions and ammunition in order to ensure their operational capability, to enlarge their operational radius and to make them independent of ports.
The suppliers of the Lüneburg-class were assigned to certain units or associations and ability to conduct replenishment at sea. They were able to hand over goods, liquids and personnel during the journey from ship to ship. The eight ships were at times part of the supply chain, so that the assigned ships and boats were also supplied by these suppliers in the port.
Design
In the 1970s, new sea target weapon systems for combat units were introduced, which meant that the supply units for the storage and transport of these new systems had to be modified. Since the previous structure of the ships was not sufficiently suitable for this, five Type 701 ships were converted at MWB Motorenwerke Bremerhaven in Bremerhaven between 1975 and 1984 and were given the suffix C, D and E.
The five ships were not all rebuilt in the same way:
- Coburg, Glücksburg, Saarburg and Meersburg, a new section with a length of 10.5 m was added between departments VI and VII.
- Freiburg was even extended by 14.3 m at the same point because a helicopter landing deck was being built on the Schanz.
Since the ships already had poor maneuverability before the conversion, all eight units of the type were successively equipped with a transverse thrust system (bow thruster) in the foredeck and with a new rudder system.
= Equipment =
== Active roll damping system ==
The ships of this class had an active roll damping system, which was intended to stabilize the ship, especially when it was being supplied at sea. As a rule, however, it was not used, since when approaching closely or even in a collision there was a risk that the deployed elements would damage the ship to be supplied.
== Data processing ==
The ships were equipped with data technology from Nixdorf Computer from 1973 (starting with the Freiburg). At that time, it allowed a highly modern target and requirement calculation for the supplies carried.
Ships of class
| class="wikitable"
!Pennant number !Name !Type !Builders !Launched !Commissioned !Decommissioned !Status |
| colspan="8" |Lüneburg-class replenishment ship |
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| A1411
|Lüneburg |A | |2 June 1994 |Sold to Colombia as ARC Cartagena de Indias (BM-161) |
| A1412
|Coburg |B/D |Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft |15 December 1965 |9 July 1968 |19 December 2001 |Sold to Greece as HS Axios (A464) |
| A1413
|Freiburg |E |Blohm+Voss |15 April 1966 |27 May 1968 |17 December 2003 |Sold to Uruguay as General Artigas (ROU04) |
| A1414
|Glücksburg |C |Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft |3 May 1966 |9 July 1968 |1 November 2001 |Sold to Egypt as ENS Shalatein (A230) |
| A1415
|Saarburg |C | |15 July 1966 |30 July 1968 |14 April 1994 |Sold to Greece as HS Aliakmon (A470) |
| A1416
|Nienburg |A | |Sold to Colombia as ARC Buenaventura (BL162) |
| A1417
|Offenburg |A | |30 June 1993 |Sold to Spain |
| A1418
|Meersburg |C | | |25 June 1968 |22 December 2004 |Mothballed at Marinearsenal (MArs) at Wilhelmshaven |
Citations
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Category:Auxiliary transport ship classes