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German fleet tender Tanga
Fleet tender of Nazi Germany / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tanga was a fleet tender serving the Kriegsmarine. The second ship of this type in the navy, which served as accommodation for the crews of the Schnellboote and as a fuel, ammunition, fresh water and food depot for them.
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Name | Tanga |
Namesake | Tanga, Tanzania |
Builder | Neptun Werft |
Launched | 4 December 1937 |
Commissioned | 21 January 1939 |
Fate | Scrpaped, 1967 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Depot ship |
Displacement | 2,620 tonnes (2,580 long tons) at full load |
Length | 96.2 m (315 ft 7 in) |
Beam | 13.63 m (44 ft 9 in) |
Draft | 4.34 m (14 ft 3 in) |
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Speed | 27.5 knots (50.9 km/h) |
Complement | 225 crew |
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