A-515 Main

Country:  Germany

Class, [Type]: Type 404, [AR].

Builder: Lürssen/Krögerwerft, Germany.

Launch date: 15 June 1993.

Commission date: 23 June 1994.

Displacement ( tons ): 3.586 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 100,5 x 15 x 4,1

Main machinery: 1 x Deutz MWM 8V 12M 628 diesel ( 3.335 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 15.

Range ( miles ): 2.000 at 15 knots.

Complement: 40 ( 4 officers ) + 12 ( squadron personnel ) + 50 ( maintenance ).

Guns: 4 x 27mm Mauser ( can be carried ) .

Missiles:  SAM: 2 x cuadruple Stinger launchers.

Military lift: 450 tm. diesel, 150 tm. water, 11 tm. lubricants, 130 tm. ammunition.

Helicopter: Can operate a light helicopter at stern.

Callsign: DRHU ()

Comment: These ships were developed to substitute Rhein class ships. The German Navy tried to convert some Darss class ships, but the costs would have been bigger due to their age. Some of these ships are assigned to minehunting squadrons or missile patrolcraft.

Homeport: Eckenförde.

Unit: Submarine Flotilla.

Similar units:

 A511 Elbe
 A512 Mosel
 A513 Rhein
 A514 Werra
 A516 Donau