A-511 Elbe

Country:  Germany

Class, [Type]: Type 404, [AR].

Builder: Bremer Vulkan, Germany.

Launch date: 24 June 1992.

Commission date: 28 January 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: DRHJ ()

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: Warnemünde.

Unit: 7th Patrol Squadron.

Similar units:

 A512 Mosel
 A513 Rhein
 A514 Werra
 A515 Main
 A516 Donau