Engineering:Type RO 15

The Kahleberg

Cargo ships of the class Type RO 15 are RoRo vessels built by Wismar's Mathias Thesen Yard.

History

The class was built in 1982/83 and consists of 3 units.

• The first ship of the class was the Gleichberg handed over to the Deutsche Seereederei in July 1982 with works number 150.
• In June 1983 its sister ship, the Auersberg followed. It was re-christened Pasewalk in 1999 and Caribbean Carrier in 2005. The Caribbean Carrier arriving in Alang on 6 January 2011.
• The last of the trio was the Kahleberg, delivered in October 1983 with works number 152. The ship was converted in 1992 to a RoPax ferry. Since 2005 it has been named the RG 1.

Ships of the class

• 1982 Gleichberg
• 1983 Auersberg
• 1983 Kahleberg

Literature

• Klaus-Detlev Westphal (1984), "Ro-Ro Gleichberg" (in German), Jahrbuch der Schiffahrt (Berlin: Transpress Verlag): 38-45, ISSN 0075-238X 
• Autorenkollektiv (2004) (in German), Deutsche Reedereien Band 23 : VEB Deutsche Seereederei Rostock, Bad Segeberg: Verlag Gert Uwe Detlefsen, ISBN 3-928473-81-6 

See also

• Class leader
• List of boat types