Type RO 15

Cargo ships of the class Type RO 15 are RoRo vessels built by Wismar's Mathias Thesen Yard.

History

The class was built in 1982/83 and consists of 3 units.

The first ship of the class was the Gleichberg handed over to the Deutsche Seereederei in July 1982 with works number 150.
In June 1983 its sister ship, the Auersberg followed. It was re-christened Pasewalk in 1999 and Caribbean Carrier in 2005. The Caribbean Carrier arriving in Alang on 6 January 2011.
The last of the trio was the Kahleberg, delivered in October 1983 with works number 152. The ship was converted in 1992 to a RoPax ferry. Since 2005 it has been named the RG 1.

Klaus-Detlev Westphal (1984), Lothar Hitzinger (ed.), "Ro-Ro Gleichberg", Jahrbuch der Schiffahrt (in German), Berlin: Transpress Verlag, pp. 38–45, ISSN 0075-238X
Autorenkollektiv (2004), Deutsche Reedereien Band 23 : VEB Deutsche Seereederei Rostock (in German), Bad Segeberg: Verlag Gert Uwe Detlefsen, ISBN 3-928473-81-6

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