A-513 Rhein

Country: Germany

Class, [Type]: Type 404, [AR].

Builder: Flensburger Schiffswerft, Flensburg, Germany.

Launch date: 11th March 1993.

Commission date: 22nd September 1993.

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: DRHL ()

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: Olpenitz.

Unit: 3rd Countermeasures Squadron.

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