KALININGRAD (102)

Russian landing ship arriving for Kiel week visit
after Baltops 2012 June 15, 2012

Russian Ropucha I / Project 775 class landing ship
Stocznia Polnocna shipyards, in Gdansk
beachable, general-purpose LST-type design with bow and stern ramps for unloading vehicles
Displacement: 2,200 t / 3,200-4,360t full load
L: 112.5m B: 14.9m D: 2.9m
2 diesel turbines; 2 props., 19'200 hp; 6'100 n.m/18 kts
98 crew + 225 marines + tracks + tanks
Cargo: 482 tons, approx 230 troops

Bulwark L15 in Kiel

THE Plymouth-based flagship of the Royal Navy paid a surprise visit to the German port of Kiel on February 11, when ice stopped it sailing into Hamburg. The threat of it becoming stuck in the ice on the River Elbe led to HMS Bulwark visiting the home of the German fleet.

HDMS ABSALON (L16)

HDMS Absalon (L16) and her sister ship HDMS Esbern Snare (L17) are the biggest ships ever to serve in the Royal Danish Navy (RDN), and are the two members of the Absalon-classcommand and support ships. HDMS Absalon is the flagship of the Royal Danish Navy.

Builder: Odense Staalskibsværft Laid down: November 2003 Launched: 30 January 2005  Commissioned: 2007  Homeport: Naval Station Korsør

Class and type: Absalon-class command and support ship
Displacement: 6,300 tonnes
Length: 137.6 m Beam: 19.5 m Draft: 6.3 m
Propulsion: 2 × MTU 8000 M70 diesel engines; two shafts
22,300 bhp (16.4 MW) Speed: >28 knots (52 km/h)
Range: 9,000 nmi (17,000 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h)

USS MOUNT WHITNEY (LCC 20)

Kieler Förde inbound for Kiel Week 2011 - 2011-06-17

US Blue Ridge Class Command ship / flagship of the United States
Navy's Sixth Fleet.
*1971 Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company
Commissioned: 16 January 1971
Displacement: 18,400 tons full load
Length: 194.00m Beam: 32.90m Draft: 9.06m full load
Propulsion: Two boilers, one geared turbine
Capacity: 930 Complement: 170 officers and enlisted men; and 155 Military Sealift Command civilian sailors
Armament: Two Phalanx CIWS, Two 25 mm Bushmaster cannons, Four .50 cal.machine guns,Mark 36 SRBOC chaff rockets
Aircraft carried: One helicopter, SH-60 Knight

SCHLEI (L 765)

Inside Kiel navy port 2011-06-17
German Navy Landing Craft Utility (Barbe Class 520A/07)
Displ.: 430to.
Built 1966 Howaldtswerft, Hamburg
L: 42m B: 8,8m D: 2,1m
2 x MWM Trhs 518 V 12, 510 PS 11.0kn
Capacity: up to 150t
Used by Naval Specialised Forces
Homeport: Eckernförde
The Class originally consisted of 22 Boats, today are only 2 left.

BALTOPS 2011 – Leaving Kiel 2011-06-06

Danish HDMS ABSALON (L16)

Danish HDMS ABSALON (L16)

Danish HDMS ABSALON (L16)

Dutch Frigate DE RUYTER (F804)
Dutch Frigate DE RUYTER (F804)
Dutch Frigate DE RUYTER (F804)

Swedish Corvette GÄVLE (K 22)

Swedish Corvette GÄVLE (K 22)

Danish Patrolcraft HAVKATTEN (P 522)

Danish Patrolcraft HAVKATTEN (P 522)

Belgian Frigate LEOPOLD I (F 930)

Belgian Frigate LEOPOLD I (F 930)

Belgian Frigate LEOPOLD I (F 930)

Russian Landingship MINSK (127)

Russian Landingship MINSK (127)

Polish frigate ORP Generał Tadeusz Kościuszko (273)

Polish frigate ORP Generał Tadeusz Kościuszko (273)

German Frigate SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN (F 216)

German Frigate SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN (F 216)

German Frigate SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN (F 216)

SÜDOVIS (M 52)

SÜDOVIS (M 52)

SÜDOVIS (M 52)

Swedish Corvette SUNDSVALL (K 24)

Swedish Corvette SUNDSVALL (K 24)