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Bottsand (Type 738) oil recovery ship
Class overview
Operators:	German Navy
Active:	2
General characteristics
Type:	Oil recovery vessel
Displacement:	650 tonnes
Length:	46.3 metres
Beam:	12 m
Draught:	3.1 m
Propulsion:	759 kW (1,000 PS)
Speed:	10 knots
Complement:	6 (civilian)

The Bottsand class oil recovery ships (Type 738) of the German Navy are intended for seawater pollution control. Therefore, the ships feature a bow which can be opened by 65 degrees. This creates an area of more than 40 m² to collect oil-polluted seawater. The water is pumped into the ship, where it will be cleaned and separated from the oil. One ship can clean up to 140 m³, polluted with a 2 mm oil slick, per hour.^[1]

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References

1. ^ "Ölauffangschiff BOTTSAND-Klasse" (in German). German Navy. http://www.marine.de/portal/a/marine/kcxml/04_Sj9SPykssy0xPLMnMz0vM0Y_QjzKLNzKOD_SxAMmB2d5mIfqRcNGglFR9X4_83FR9b_0A_YLciHJHR0VFAIhx5Mw!/delta/base64xml/L2dJQSEvUUt3QS80SVVFLzZfMjNfUUw5?yw_contentURL=%2F01DB070000000001%2FW269DDQQ450INFODE%2Fcontent.jsp. Retrieved 5 August 2008.