A-50 Alster

Country:  Germany

Class, [Type]: Type 143, [AGI].

Builder: Flensburger Schiffswerft, Flensburg, Germany.

Launch date: 03 November 1988.

Commission date: 05 October 1989.

Displacement ( tons ): 3.200.

Dimensions ( metres ): 83,5 x 14,6 x 4,18

Main machinery: 2 x Deutz-MWM SBV 16M 628 diesels ( 8.800 hp ); 2 x electric motors for low speed quiet operations ( 760 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 20.

Complement: 42 + 38 technicians.

Guns: provision for 2 x Mauser MLG27 27mm.

Sonar: STN Atlas Elektronik AISYS passive array.

Callsign: DRHF ()

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 A52 Oste
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