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Large sheerleg on Kieler Förde towed by tug ASTERIX on the way to HDW shipyard 2011/03/15

Danish Salvage & Towing Company (DBB) Homeport: Grenaa, Denmark
*1998 Hyup Sung Shipbuilding
L: 67.00m B: 27.00m D: 6.00m, Sailing height: 41,50 m
GT: 2,334t
Max lifting capacity 900 t (2xhooks 2×400 t, 1xhook 1×100 t) Max lifting height: 67m
2x Schottel Navigators 316 kW each (aft) 1x Schottel Navigator 439 kW (forward)

At HDW Shipyard Kiel aside sheerleg SAMSON 2011/03/15

Danish Salvage & Towing Company (DBB), HP: Aarhus
Double Azimuth stern driven offshore tug accompaigning SAMSON
*2003 Damen Shipyards
GT: 385 NT: 115
L 32.50m B 12.00m D 5.40m
Bergen 2 x 2,030 kW Bollard pull ahead 71,9 t Bollard pull astern 68,3 t 14.00kn

Royal Norwegian navy submarine visit in Kiel at Tirpitzmole (Kiel navy port) 2011/03/15

ULA-Class (German submarine class 210). The combat systems were made in Norway by Kongsberg, the attack sonar is German and the flank sonars French. The hull sections were produced in Norway, and then assembled in Germany by Thyssen Nordseewerke, Emden.
Utstein commissioned in 1991
Displacement: Surface: 1,040 tons
Submerged: 1,150 tons
Length: 59 m (194 ft), Beam: 5.4 m (18 ft), Draft: 4.6 m (15 ft)
Propulsion: Diesel-electric
2 MTU 16V 396 diesel engines (970kW each) 1 electric motor, 6,000 shp
Speed: Surface: 11 kn (20 km/h)
Submerged: 23 kn (43 km/h)
Range: 5,000 miles at 8 knots (15 km/h)

Kiel Canal east bound passing foggy Levensau 2011/03/01
Hermann Buss GmbH & Cie KG, Leer
*2005 Bodewes Shipyards B.V. / Hoogezand (634)
L 89.94m B 15.20m D 5.25m
GT: 3,183 NT: 1,765 Dwt 4,508to 218 TEU
Caterpillar 6M25 1,850 kW 12kn

Very new tanker (Built 2011 in China) on his first trip through Kiel-Canal (passing Schwartenbek) 2011/03/01
SEAARLAND SHIPMANAGEMENT HAMBURG HAMBURG – GERMANY
* 2011 YANGFAN GROUP ZHOUSHAN – CHINA
GT 11,880 NT 5,722 TDW: 16,878mt
L: 161.00m B: 23.00m D: 8.40m
Caterpillar 7M43C 6,300 kW

Kieler Förde passing Heikendorf roads outbound 2011/03/03
German Fast-Patrol-Boat Gepard-Class (Type 143A)
Commissioned: 1984/03/22
Built by: AEG / Kröger Werft, Rendsburg
Wooden hull on aluminium frames
Displacement: 391 tons full load
Dimensions: 57.6 x 7.76 x 2.56 meters
Propulsion: 4 MTU diesels, 4 shafts, 9,700 kW, 32 knots/max. 40.0kn Crew: 34 (4
Officers)
Armament: 4 MM38 Exocet SSM, 1 76 mm OTO DP, 1 21 cell RAM (air defence)

Kiel Nordhafen HaGe Silo Nordhafen Lp 32A discharging grain from Rotterdam 2011/03/04
Owner: Edvin Svenson Skeppsmäkleri AB
Built: 1968 J.J. Sietas Schiffswerft / Hamburg (#595)
Length 68.21m Breadth10.50m Draught4.301 m
Gross 1,037 Net 522 TDW: 1,350mt
KHD 971 kW 12.00kn
ex HANNES D, WINDÖ, MJOEVIK, WINDÖ, NINCOP

Kiel Canal passing Kiel-Nordhafen on her way to Holtenau canal locks 2011/03/04

KESS (‘K’ Line European Sea Highway Service), Bremen, Germany
*2000 Hegemann Rolandwerft GmbH & Co. KG, Berne (#187)
GT: 9,233 TDW: 3,346to
L: 99.90m B: 20.65m D:5.50m
Diesel 4,800 kW 16.0 kn
830 Cars 4,300 Lane Meters

Recently arrived in Kiel (TKMS Yard) via ponton from TKMS Emden the new aftpart of the new german navy submarine U35. 2011/03/04
U 35 is the newest Type 212A submarine of the German Navy (delivery in 2012/2013). She is powered by one dieselengine and an electric motor driven by 9 fuel cells and features a cavitation-free screw, making it virtually undetectable.
Displacement: 1,450to. surfaced, 1,830to. submerged
L: 56.0 m B: 7.0 m Height: 11.5 m
Diesel with 1,050 kW / 9 fuel-cell-modules with tot. 306 kW / E-Engine with 1,700 kW