Fehmarn in Eckernförde (2022)
Class overview
NameHelgoland class
Operators German Navy
In commission1966–2022
Completed2
Retired2
General characteristics
TypeSalvage tug
Displacement1,310 t (1,289 long tons)
Length68 m (223 ft 1 in)
Beam12.7 m (41 ft 8 in)
Draft4.4 m (14 ft 5 in)
Speed16.6 knots (30.7 km/h; 19.1 mph)
Range6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi)
Complement45

The Type 720 Helgoland-class tugs are large seagoing salvage tugs used by the German Navy. After the decommissioning of Helgoland, the class is now referred to as the Fehmarn class in the German Navy. As with other auxiliary ship classes in Germany, these tugboats are crewed by civilians.[1] The ships are named after the German islands Helgoland (Heligoland) and Fehmarn.

List of ships

Pennant
number
Name Type/
Upgrade
Call
sign
Commissioned Decommissioned Base/fate
A1457Helgoland720ADRLEMarch 8, 1966December 19, 1997 Sold to Uruguayan Navy as ROU 22 Oyarvide[2]
A1458Fehmarn720BDRLFFebruary 1, 1967Out of active service end 2022 Kiel

References

  1. "Bergungsschlepper FEHMARN-Klasse (720)" (in German). German Navy. Archived from the original on 15 June 2008. Retrieved 5 August 2008.
  2. "ROU 22 Oyarvide" (in Spanish). Armada Nacional. Archived from the original on 18 March 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2011.


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