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Rhön class tanker

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Operators
  
German Navy

Active
  
2

Displacement
  
14,169 tonnes

In service
  
1977-present

Type
  
Replenishment tanker

Installed power
  
5,880 kW (8,000 PS)

Rhön-class tanker

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.

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Specifications

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

    • Ship list

    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

    Rhön-class tanker Wikipedia
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