The Type 520 Barbe-class utility landing craft are small units of the German Navy used for landing or transporting troops, supply, equipment and also for coastal mine laying.
The remaining boat in service is currently part of the SEK-M the naval special forces of Germany, however the navy plans to procure an entire new class of landing craft.
They are the only boats in the German Navy commanded by Chief Petty Officers.
List of ships PennantnumberNameType(last upgrade)CallsignCom-missionedDecom-missionedFateL788Butt520C 7 May 1965 4 December 1992 scrapped(?)L789Brasse 520C 7 May 1965 16 April 1992 scrapped(?)L790Barbe 520A 10 January 1966 29 September 1991 to Hellenic NavyL791Delphin520B 10 January 1966 29 September 1991 to Hellenic NavyL760Flunder520DDRIE 22 February 1966 ? decommissionedL761Karpfen520A 2 February 1966 30 January 1992 scrapped(?)L762Lachs520ADRIG 24 March 1966 23 October 2024 decommissionedL763Plötze 520ADRIH 24 March 1966 ? decommissionedL764Rochen520A 26 April 1966 7 February 1992 to Hellenic NavyL792Dorsch520A 24 June 1966 29 September 1991 to Hellenic NavyL793Felchen520A 23 June 1966 25 October 1991 to Hellenic NavyL794Forelle520A 7 June 1966 1 November 1991 to Hellenic NavyL765Schlei520BDRIM 26 July 1966 decommissioned 2017L766Stör520A 26 July 1966 16 September 1992 scrapped(?)L767Tümmler520A 26 June 1966 16 September 1992 scrapped(?)L768Wels520A 27 June 1966 11 December 1992 scrapped(?)L769Zander520ADRIQ 26 August 1966 ? decommissionedL795Inger520A 16 August 1966 9 September 1991 to Hellenic NavyL796Makrele520A 16 September 1966 8 November 1991 to Hellenic NavyL797Muräne520A 16 September 1966 14 February 1992 to Hellenic NavyL798Renke520A 26 October 1966 1 October 1988 to Hellenic NavyL799Salm520A 26 October 1966 1 October 1988 to Hellenic Navy
The ships are named after fish, with the exception of Delphin (dolphin) and Tümmler (toothed whales):
Barbe (barbel), Brasse (bream), Butt (flounder), Dorsch (cod), Felchen (whitefish/Coregonus wartmanni), Forelle (trout), Karpfen (carp), Lachs (salmon), Makrele (mackerel), Rochen (stingray), Salm (salmon), Schlei (tench), Stör (sturgeon), Wels (catfish), and Zander (zander).
See also Equivalent landing craft of the same era L 9609 class
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