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German Ship Donau (A516)
''Donau'' (A516) is the sixth ship of the s of the German Navy. Development The ''Elbe''-class replenishment ships are also known tenders of the German Navy. In German, this type of ship is called ''Versorgungsschiffe'' which can be translated as "supply ship" though the official translation in English is "replenishment ship". They are intended to support German naval units away from their home ports. The ships carry fuel, provisions, ammunition and other matériel and also provide medical services. The ships are named after German rivers where German parliaments were placed. Construction and career ''Donau'' was launched in March 1994 in Bremen-Vegesack, Germany. She was commissioned on 15 November 1994. On 11 January 2020, ''Donau'' under the command of Captain Bernd Abshagen left her home port of Warnemünde to join the Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 (SNMCMG1). Until July 2024, it was part of the Very High Readiness Joint Task Force Maritime (VJTF (M)) in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donau (river)
The Danube ( ; ) is a river that was once a long-standing frontier of the Roman Empire and today connects 10 European countries, running through their territories or being a border. Originating in Germany, the Danube flows southeast for , passing through or bordering Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, and Ukraine before draining into the Black Sea. Its drainage basin extends into nine more countries. List of cities and towns on Danube river, The largest cities on the river are Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade and Bratislava, all of which are the capitals of their respective countries; the Danube passes through four capital cities, more than any other river in the world. Five more capital cities lie in the Danube's basin: Bucharest, Sofia, Zagreb, Ljubljana and Sarajevo. The fourth-largest city in its basin is Munich, the capital of Bavaria, standing on the Isar River. The Danube is the List of rivers of Europe#Longest rivers, second-longest riv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
