Walchensee class tanker
Encyclopedia
The Walchensee class tanker (Type 703) is a series of four small coastal tanker
s, 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 are still in service, the others have been sold after decommissioning.
Tanker (ship)
A tanker is a ship designed to transport liquids in bulk. Major types of tankship include the oil tanker, the chemical tanker, and the liquefied natural gas carrier.-Background:...
s, built by Lindenau-Werft in Kiel
Kiel
Kiel is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 238,049 .Kiel is approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the north of Germany, the southeast of the Jutland peninsula, and the southwestern shore of the...
for the German Navy
German Navy
The German Navy is the navy of Germany and is part of the unified Bundeswehr .The German Navy traces its roots back to the Imperial Fleet of the revolutionary era of 1848 – 52 and more directly to the Prussian Navy, which later evolved into the Northern German Federal Navy...
to transport fuel and fresh water between depots and to units near coasts or in harbour.
Two ships are still in service, the others have been sold after decommissioning.
Ship list
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Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Base/ fate |
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| A 1424 | Walchensee | July 10, 1965 | June 29, 1966 | December 19, 2001 | sold | |
| A 1425 | Ammersee | DRKJ | July 9, 1966 | March 2, 1967 | based in Kiel Kiel Kiel is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 238,049 .Kiel is approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the north of Germany, the southeast of the Jutland peninsula, and the southwestern shore of the... |
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| A 1426 | Tegernsee | DRKK | October 22, 1966 | March 23, 1967 | based in Wilhelmshaven Wilhelmshaven Wilhelmshaven is a coastal town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the western side of the Jade Bight, a bay of the North Sea.-History:... |
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| A 1427 | Westensee | April 8, 1967 | October 6, 1967 | September 30, 2003 | scrapped 2009 |
Further reading
- 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 (GermanGerman languageGerman is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
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