Bottsand-class oil recovery ship

The oil collection vessels Bottsand class ( class 738), the Bottsand and Eversand are civil occupied folding German Navy ships. The ships are owned by the Lower Saxony Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Forestry. Assuming they are stationed the Admiralty and the Navy bases in Warnemünde ( Bottsand ) and Wilhelmshaven ( Eversand ).

Designed the ships to combat oil spills. And the navy on a link design at the rear with its central axis up to 65 degrees can be opened from the bow ago. In the triangle which is formed by the oil can be pushed together. A skimming the oil is separated by means of separators from the water and pumped into the on-board tanks.

The ships can accommodate as about 140 cubic meters of oil per hour with a two millimeter thick oil layer and a ship speed of 1 kn.