Английская Википедия:German ship Main (A515)
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Main (A515) is the fifth ship of the Шаблон:Sclasss of the German Navy.
Development
Шаблон:Main The Elbe-class replenishment ships are also known as tenders of the German Navy. In German, this type of ship is called Versorgungsschiffe which can be translated as "supply ship" though the official translation in English is "replenishment ship".
They are intended to support German naval units away from their home ports. The ships carry fuel, provisions, ammunition and other matériel and also provide medical services. The ships are named after German rivers where German parliaments were placed.
Construction and career
Main was launched in June 1993 in Bremen-Vegesack, Germany. She was commissioned on 10 June 1994.[1]
Main returned to her home port in Eckernförde on 13 April 2017. In addition to their own on-board crew, doctors, military police, language mediators and an Austrian boarding team were also embarked, so that the crew comprised around 105 women and men.[2]
Gallery
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Main and U-33 on 31 August 2014
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Main on 21 March 2017
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USS Oscar Austin and Main on 1 October 2017
References
External links
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