Westerwald-class transport ship

Class overview
Operators:  German Navy
In commission: 1967–present
Completed: 2
General characteristics
Displacement: 4,042 tonnes (3,978 long tons)
Length: 105.3 m (345 ft 6 in)
Beam: 14 m (45 ft 11 in)
Draft: 4.6 m (15 ft 1 in)
Propulsion: 2 diesel engines, 4,200 kW (5,632 hp), 2 shafts
Speed: 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)
Capacity: Up to 1,080 tonnes (1,063 long tons)
Complement: 31–60, partly civilians

The Type 760 Westerwald-class transport ships are used by the German Navy to carry ammunition and other matériels.

Ships

Pennant
number
Name Call
sign
Commissioned Decommissioned
A1435WesterwaldDRKT2 February 196717 December 2010
A1436Odenwald 23 March 19672 February 2002

References

  • "Versorger WESTERWALD-Klasse" (in German). German Navy. Retrieved 5 August 2008.


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