Engineering:Type 707 tanker
 in the drydock of the Marinearsenal Warnowwerft
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 German Navy |
| Preceded by: | Script error: The function "sclass" does not exist. |
| Cost: | > €900 million (for 2 ships)[1] |
| In service: | Planned to enter service in 2025 / 2026 |
| Planned: | 2 |
| Building: | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Replenishment tanker |
| Displacement: | >20,000 t (20,000 long tons)[2] |
| Length: | 173 m (567 ft 7 in) |
| Beam: | 24 m (78 ft 9 in) |
| Draught: | 8 m (26 ft 3 in) |
| Speed: | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
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| Aviation facilities: | Helicopter deck |
The Type 707 tankers are a series of replenishment oilers under construction for the German Navy to provide underway replenishment for its ships at sea. Procurement of two vessels was announced in July 2019, with delivery intended in 2025 to replace the Script error: The function "sclass" does not exist.s which are scheduled to be retired that same year.[2]
Project history
Background
The Script error: The function "sclass" does not exist.s required a replacement due to environmental concerns and their reliability decreasing due to the age of the fleet (in service since 1977).[6] The procurement project was decided in July 2019, with the intend back then to enter service in 2024.[7]
With this purchase, the German Navy will be equipped with 3 Script error: The function "sclass" does not exist.s and 2 Type 707-class tankers.[7]
Tender
The tender process started in 2019. The German Navy provided their requirements for this class. The following table compares it to the Script error: The function "sclass" does not exist.s:[6]
| Parameters | Script error: The function "sclass" does not exist.s
(Type 704) |
Planned Type 707 |
| Requirements | ||
| Fuel capacity | 11,500 t (25,400,000 lb) | > 15,000 t (33,000,000 lb) |
| Containers | 2 | 20 |
| Speed | 16 kn (30 km/h) | 20 kn (37 km/h) |
| Complement | 42 | |
| Dimensions | ||
| Displacement | 20,000 t (44,000,000 lb) | > 20,000 t (44,000,000 lb) |
| Length | 130 m (426 ft 6 in) | ~ 170 m (557 ft 9 in) |
| Beam | 19 m (62 ft 4 in) | ~ 24 m (78 ft 9 in) |
| Draft | 8 m (26 ft 3 in) | ~ 8 m (26 ft 3 in) |
| Other parameters | ||
| Hull type | — | Double hull |
| Lifespan | 2024 | Beyond the 2050s |
Selection
The competition saw five German shipyards competing for the contract, among which four shipyards are known:[8]
- Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (Flensburg)
- German Naval Yards (Kiel)
- MV Werften (Wismar, Stralsund, Rostock-Warnemünde)
- NVL Group (Bremen-Vegesack)
MV Werften and NVL Group were pre-selected as of April 2021, but the €550 million budget limit was not sufficient, and the bids of the two finalists were still €300 million above the target.[8]
The 23 June 2021, the budget committee approved the project for the Type 707 tanker, and the contract was later on signed with the NVL Group.[6] The budget is above €900 million for the two ships.[1]
Construction
The NVL Group is the general contractor of the project and it collaborates with the Meyer Neptun Group for the construction of the ships.[9] Two subsidiaries of the Meyer Neptun Group constructed the ships:[10][11]
- The Neptun Werft shipyard in Warnemünde manufactured the entire hull of the first ship, and front part of the hull of the second ship.
- The Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg manufactured the superstructure of the two ships, and the rear part of the hull of the second ship due to a lack of production capacity by Neptun Werft.
Among the other main subcontractors are the Stahlbau Nord (de) shipyard in Bremerhaven which built some sections of the ships.[12][13]
First ship
The construction started the 29 June 2023 at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg with
the cutting of the first steel plate.[14] The keel was laid the 8 August 2023 at the Neptun Werft shipyard in Warnemünde.[15]
Second ship
The construction started the 29 February 2024 at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg with the cutting of the first steel plate.[10][16][17] The keel was laid the 25 April 2024 at the Neptun Werft shipyard in Warnemünde.[18]
The front part of the hull was transferred to the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg in March 2025.[11]
List of ships
| Name | No. | Builder | Status | Contract | Laid down | Launched | Comm. | Notes |
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| Deutsche Marine (2 ordered)
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| – | – | Meyer Neptun Group (Neptun Werft and Meyer Werft) |
In production | June 2021[19] | 8 August 2023[20] | – | 2025 | [21] |
| – | – | In production | 25 April 2024[22] | – | 2026 | [21] | ||
See also
- List of German Navy ships
- List of active German Navy ships
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Neue Tankschiffe für die Marine: Baubeginn in Rostock" (in de). 2023-08-09. https://www.bundeswehr.de/de/meldungen/neue-tankschiffe-marine-5663908.
- ↑ "VERSORGUNGSSCHIFFE". nvl.de. 2024. https://nvl.de/de/marineschiffe/versorgungsschiffe. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
- ↑ "Sustaining the fleet: current logistic support ship acquisitions". euro-sd.com. 4 November 2024. https://euro-sd.com/2024/11/articles/41272/sustaining-the-fleet-current-logistic-support-ship-acquisitions/.
- ↑ "German industry begins construction of the first Type 707 tanker". defence-industry.eu. 3 July 2023. https://defence-industry.eu/german-industry-begins-construction-of-the-first-type-707-tanker/.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Gain, Nathan (2019-07-30). "Faster and bigger: German Navy details future Type 707 oiler" (in en-US). https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2019/07/faster-and-bigger-german-navy-details-future-type-707-oiler/.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Two New Replenishment Fleet Oiler for the German Navy - European Security & Defence" (in en-US). 2019-07-30. https://euro-sd.com/2019/07/news/14200/two-new-replenishment-fleet-oiler-for-the-german-navy/.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Redaktion, an Bord- (2021-04-10). "MV Werften kämpfen um Marineschiffe" (in de). https://anbord.de/mv-werften-kaempfen-um-marineschiffe/.
- ↑ "Ready, Set, Go for New Tanker". 2023-06-29. https://www.meyerwerft.de/en/press/press_detail/ready_set_go_for_new_tanker.jsp. Retrieved 2024-05-10.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Baubeginn für zweiten Tanker" (in de). https://nvl.de/sites/default/files/2024-02/Pressemitteilung_NVl%20group_Brennstart%20des%20zweiten%20Marinebetriebsstoffversorgers.pdf.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Meyer baut zweiten Marinetanker in Papenburg statt in Rostock". 25 March 2025. https://hansa-online.de/2025/03/schiffstechnik/259796/marinetanker/.
- ↑ "Front of a ship in a shipyard". https://imgneu.nwzonline.de/image/0294-1c878a97e682-598d8f66db87-1000/1200%2C16-9%2Cmed%2C50%2C50%2C1_4032_3024_920_518_0.228175_0_0_0.228175_0_0/noch-am-vergangenen-sonntagabend-waren-diese-beiden-schiffssektionen-an-der-labradorstrasse-zu-sehen.webp.
- ↑ "Schiffssektion wartet im Fischereihafen auf Ablieferung nach Rostock". https://www.nordsee-zeitung.de/bremerhaven/neue-betriebsstofftanker-sind-im-fischereihafen-eingetroffen--256597.html.
- ↑ "Ready, Set, Go for New Tanker". 2023-06-29. https://www.meyerwerft.de/en/press/press_detail/ready_set_go_for_new_tanker.jsp.
- ↑ "MARINETANKER AUF KIEL GELEGT" (in german). 2023-08-08. https://nvl.de/sites/default/files/2023-08/Pressemeldung%20der%20NVL%20Group_Kiellegung%20des%20ersten%20Marinebetriebsstoffversorgers.pdf. Retrieved 2024-05-10.
- ↑ "Marinebetriebsstoffversorger Klasse 707: Baubeginn". 29 February 2024. https://marineforum.online/marinebetriebsstoffversorger-klasse-707-baubeginn-fuer-zweiten-tanker/.
- ↑ "Presseportal - aktuelle Pressemitteilungen | NVL". https://nvl.de/de/presse.
- ↑ "Auf Den Punkt Auf Kiel Gelegt" (in german). 2024-04-25. https://nvl.de/sites/default/files/2024-04/Pressemitteilung_NVL%20Group_Kiellegung%20des%20zweiten%20Marinebetriebsstoffversorgers.pdf. Retrieved 2024-05-10.
- ↑ "Keel laying of the first Class 707 fuel transporter at the Neptun shipyard in Rostock" (in de). 2023-08-09. https://defence-network.com/kiellegung-des-ersten-betriebsstofftransporters-klasse-707-auf-der-neptun-werft-in-rostock/.
- ↑ "NVL Group Lays Keel for German Navy's First Type 707 Oiler". 16 August 2023. https://www.defensemirror.com/news/34784/NVL_Group_Lays_Keel_for_German_Navy___s_First_Type_707_Oiler.
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 "Neue Tankschiffe für die Marine: Baubeginn in Rostock" (in de). 2023-08-09. https://www.bundeswehr.de/de/meldungen/neue-tankschiffe-marine-5663908.
- ↑ ES&T Redaktion (2024-04-25). "Zweiter Marinebetriebsstoffversorger auf Kiel gelegt" (in de-DE). https://esut.de/2024/04/meldungen/49081/zweiter-marinebetriebsstoffversorger-auf-kiel-gelegt/.
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