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Tug Baltrum (A1454) (A1439)

Tug Baltrum (A1454) (A1439) 0Tug Baltrum (A1454) (A1439) 1

Classification

Ship class:
Wangerooge-class tug (Type 722)
Type:
Tugboat

Basic information

Operator:
German Navy (Deutsche Marine)German Navy (Deutsche Marine)
Country of build:
Builder:
Schichau SeebeckwerftSchichau Seebeckwerft
Laid down:
Launched:
Commissioned (service):
Status:
Active
Fate:
Recommissioned as Type 754, Baltrum (A1439)

Ship measurements

Displacement:
798 t
Length:
51.78 m
Beam:
11.77 m
Draft:
4.1 m

Machine

Propulsion:
  • 4 * Maybach 16-cylinder diesel engines with 442 kW (600 hp) each
  • 4 * generators with 405 kW each
  • 2 * propeller engines with 820 kW each (2,000 hp)
Speed:
12 knots

Personnel

Complement:
33

Combat assets

Cargo capacity:
  • towing gear
  • 5-ton loading boom
  • 2 * fire extinguishing monitors
  • 2 * bow anchors in side fairleads
  • 1 * stern anchor in anchor pocket
Boats & landing craft:
  • 2 * motor cutters
  • 2 * inflatable boats
  • 3 * life rafts
Armament:
  • 1 * 40 mm Bofors gun

The tug Baltrum was commissioned on October 8, 1968 for the 2nd Supply Squadron with its home base in Wilhelmshaven. She was decommissioned on March 14, 1969, cocooned and assigned to the reserve flotilla on April 1, 1969.

On September 2, 1974, the Baltrum was put into service as a class 754 diver training boat for the Technical Naval School I, Ship Safety Training Group, in Neustadt in Holstein as a replacement for the diver training boat TM 1, initially with a military crew.

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