German tanker Rhön

Rhön-class tanker

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.

Construction and career

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]

Citations

1. admin (2018-07-03). "The German Navy is suffering from a shortage of special tankers to provide underway replenishment for its ships at sea". Naval News. Retrieved 2020-09-17.
2. Sturton 1989, p. 247
3. NATO. "Exercise BALTOPS 2020". NATO. Retrieved 2020-09-17.

References

• Sturton, Ian (1989). "The Naval Year in Review: F (ii). Major Casualties at Sea From 1 April 1988 to 30 April 1989". In Gardiner, Robert (ed.). Warship 1989. London: Conway Maritime Press. pp. 247–249. ISBN 0-85177-530-6.