Rhön on 11 April 2013
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History | |
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Germany | |
Name | Rhön |
Namesake | Rhön |
Owner | Deutsche Marine |
Port of registry | Hamburg, Germany |
Builder | Kröger, Rendsburg |
Launched | 23 August 1974 |
Acquired | 1976 |
Commissioned | 23 September 1977 |
Renamed | Okene |
Homeport | Wilhelmshaven, Germany |
Identification |
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Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Type | Rhön-class tanker |
Tonnage | |
Displacement | 14,396 t (14,169 long tons) |
Length | 130.2 m (427 ft 2 in) |
Beam | 19.3 m (63 ft 4 in) |
Draught | 8.7 m (28 ft 7 in) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion | 1 shaft, controllable pitch propeller |
Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
Range | 3,250 nmi (6,020 km; 3,740 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Capacity |
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Complement | 42 (civilian) |
Rhön (A1443) is the lead ship of the Rhön-class tankers of the German Navy. She was commissioned at Kiel, Germany on 23 September 1977.
Rhön was originally built for civilian service by Kröger of Rendsburg in 1974. On 23 September 1977 she was commissioned into the German Navy, based at Kiel, Germany. [1]
On 23 October 1988, Rhön was in collision with the American destroyer USS Hayler, badly damaging Hayler's stern. [2]
Rhön participated in BALTOPS 2020. [3]