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 Special forces and special operations forces (SOF) are military units trained to conduct special operations. NATO has defined special operations as "military activities conducted by specially designated, organized, selected, trained and equip ...

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

The ships are named after fish, with the exception of ''Delphin'' ( dolphin) and ''Tümmler'' ( toothed whales): Barbe ( barbel), Brasse ( bream), Butt (

flounder Flounders are a group of flatfish species. They are demersal fish, found at the bottom of oceans around the world; some species will also enter estuaries. Taxonomy The name "flounder" is used for several only distantly related species, thou ...

), Dorsch ( cod), Felchen (whitefish/'' Coregonus wartmanni''), Forelle ( trout), Karpfen (

carp Carp are various species of oily freshwater fish from the family Cyprinidae, a very large group of fish native to Europe and Asia. While carp is consumed in many parts of the world, they are generally considered an invasive species in parts of ...

), Lachs ( salmon), Makrele (

mackerel Mackerel is a common name applied to a number of different species of pelagic fish, mostly from the family Scombridae. They are found in both temperate and tropical seas, mostly living along the coast or offshore in the oceanic environment. ...

), Rochen (

stingray Stingrays are a group of sea rays, which are cartilaginous fish related to sharks. They are classified in the suborder Myliobatoidei of the order Myliobatiformes and consist of eight families: Hexatrygonidae (sixgill stingray), Plesiobatidae ( ...

), Salm ( salmon), Schlei ( tench), Stör (

sturgeon Sturgeon is the common name for the 27 species of fish belonging to the family Acipenseridae. The earliest sturgeon fossils date to the Late Cretaceous The Late Cretaceous (100.5–66 Ma) is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretace ...

), Wels ( catfish), and Zander ( zander).

References

* Landing craft {{Germany-mil-ship-stub