Name Spessart Commissioned 5 September 1977 Speed 16 knots (30 km/h) Launched 1974 Displacement 14.17 million kg | Owner Deutsche Marine Class and type Rhön-class tanker Complement 46 Weight 14,170 tons Builder Rendsburg | |
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Spessart (A1442) is a Rhön-class tanker of the German Navy. She was commissioned at Kiel on 5 September 1977.
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History
Spessart was originally built for civilian service by Kröger of Rendsburg in 1974. On 5 September 1977 she was commissioned into the Deutsche Marine, based at Kiel.
On 29 March 2009, as she was taking part in Operation Atalanta, Spessart was attacked by a 7-man pirate boat. In addition to the regular 40-man civilian crew, Spessart carried a 12-man security detail which exchanged small arm fire with the pirates, and repelled the assault. The ships HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën, HS Psara, SPS Victoria, USS Boxer and FGS Rheinland-Pfalz intervened and captured the pirates after a few hours of chase.
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