RETTIN (BP-5) class

 1 RETTIN-class ICEBREAKING TUGBOAT (WTGB)

 Name       Pendant No.    Launched         Commissioned    Status

 RETTIN     BP-5           Jan. 29, 1976    Dec. 3, 1976    Active
             (ex-BG-5)

This icebreaking tugboat is in active service with the federal German coast guard (Bundesgrenzschutz-See). She was stationed at Neustadt.

HULL: Fire-fighting equipment has been stowed onboard.

Active. She was stationed at Neustadt.

 Mutzelbeldt Shipyard, Cuxhaven, Germany

 Displacement:             100 tons standard
 Dimensions:
   length                  73 ft 8 in (22.50 m) overall
   beam                    21 ft 7 in ( 6.60 m)
   draft                    9 ft 5 in ( 2.90 m) maximum
 Propulsion:
   main                    2 MWM type diesels; 590 total bhp;
                             2 Voith-Schneider controllable pitch
                             propellers
 Performance:
   speed                   9 knots
   range                   430 nm at 2 kts.
 Electronic Systems:
   radar                   1 Racal Decca type navigation

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