NATO WARSHIP A1442

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Tanker suffered techical trouble

The "Spessart" had to enter the Naval Base in Kiel on Jan 23, 2019, due to technical trouble which it had suffered only one week after having joined a NATO mission. The tanker, however, remained within the Standing NATO Maritime Group One (SNMG1). The dismission caused logistical problems for the other ships of the force which were due to enter the port of Rotterdam at the weekend. She remained stationary at the base and supplied the US destroyer "Gravely" in port. For this purpose the destroyer entered the naval port on Jan 26. Also the tender "Werra" which had headed to the Mediterranean Sea on Jan 21 had to aboart its mission and returned to Wilhelmshaven for investigations at its stern tube on Jan 24.

Tanker aborted participation in manoever off Norway following pump failure

On Feb 22, 2018, the "Spessart" returned to the Tirpitz Port in Kiel following the failure of two of its three diesel generators which supply the oil pumps on board. The "Spessart" had joined a manoever off Norway start of the month jointly with the fregate "Brandenburg“ following the completition of a lengthy yard stay on Jan 19. Bcak in Kiel the ship was to be investigated now following an initial survey in the Norwegian naval base Haakonsvern from Feb 9 to Feb 20.

NATO mission aborted due to engine damage

The "Spessart" had to abort its NATO mission due to an engine damage which occurred on March 27, 2017. The ship had left the base in Kiel in January and joined the NATO task force 1 in Oslo. During the manoever "Joint Warrior" the trouble occurred off the Scottish coast, and the tanker was withdrawn. On Apr 10 the ship left the port of Glasgow bound to its home base.