German ship Mosel vs Rigid Raider: Specs Compared

German ship Mosel — licensed reference photograph

ANaval support & landing craft

German ship Mosel

Elbe -class replenishment ship

Credit

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BNaval support & landing craft

Rigid Raider

fast raiding and assault craft

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

German ship MoselLength

100.55 m

Length source ↗

Rigid RaiderLength

6.5 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

German ship Mosellarger figure on 1 of 1

Length+1447%

Rigid Raiderlarger figure on 0 of 1

None

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

4 of 25 rows sourced on both sides

101m

6.5m

Length+1447%

All recorded figures & sources

100.55 m

Length

Single source

100.55 m (329 ft 11 in)^[source]

6.5 m

Length

Single source

6.5 m (21 ft 4 in)^[source]

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1.9m

Width

All recorded figures & sources

1.9 m

Width

Single source

1.9 m (6 ft 3 in)^[source]

15.4m

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Beam

All recorded figures & sources

15.4 m

Beam

Single source

15.40 m (50 ft 6 in)^[source]

4.05mDraft

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Draught

All recorded figures & sources

4.05 m

Draft

Single source

4.05 m (13 ft 3 in)^[source]

3,586t

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Displacement

All recorded figures & sources

3,586 tonnes

Displacement

Single source

3,586 tonnes^[source]

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Complement

All recorded figures & sources

40 people

(standard) + >38 (repair party, passengers, squadron staff)

Single source

40 (standard) + >38 (repair party, passengers, squadron staff)^[source]

28km/hMaximum; Speed

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Speed

All recorded figures & sources

28 km/h

Maximum; Speed

Single source

15 knots (28 km/h)^[source]

4,800km

> 220kmIn excess of

Range

All recorded figures & sources

4,800 km

Range

Single source

2,600 nmi (4,800 km)^[source]

> 220 km

In excess of

Single source

In excess of 120 nautical miles (220 km)^[source]

1 × Deutz-MWM SBV diesel engines 2,562 kW, Bow thruster

180kW6-cylinder turbo-diesel

Power

All recorded figures & sources

1 × Deutz-MWM SBV diesel engines 2,562 kW, Bow thruster^[source]

180 kW

6-cylinder turbo-diesel

Single source

6-cylinder turbo-diesel , 240 hp (180 kW)^[source]

Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.

Configuration

Details

German ship Mosel and Rigid Raider configuration
Specification	German ship Mosel	Rigid Raider
Name	Mosel^[source]	—
Namesake	Mosel^[source]	—
Builder	Bremer Vulkan^[source]	—
Launched	April 1993^[source]	—
Commissioned	1 July 1993^[source]	—
Home port	Kiel^[source]	—
Identification	MMSI number : 211211490 Callsign : DRHK Pennant number : A512^[source]	—
Status	Active^[source]	—
Type	Elbe -class replenishment ship^[source]	—
Capacity	24 standard 6.2 m containers (maximum) Supplies: 700 m³ fuel 60 m³ aviation (helicopter) fuel 280 m³ fresh water 160 tonnes ammunition 40 tonnes supplies Disposal: 5 tonnes solid waste 180 m³ waste water 32 m³ waste oil^[source]	—
Armament	2 × Fliegerfaust 2 surface-to-air missile stands ( MANPADS ) 2 × Rheinmetall Rh202 20 mm autocannon ; being replaced by 2 × MLG-27 27 mm remote controlled autocannons^[source]	—
Aviation facilities	Helipad^[source]	—
Country of origin	Germany^[source]German ship Mosel · literal inventory Origin field assigned to the exact named-ship row covered by the explicit shared Origin cell; no operator, manufacturer location or parent/sibling specification inference	United Kingdom^[source]Inventory Origin column; table 2, row 3, cell 2; revision 1373375989; retrieved 2026-09-30
Used by	German Navy^[source]Current operator stated in the article; inventory date not specified	—
Troops	—	10 Royal Marines (2 crew, 8 fully equipped troops)^[source]
Role	—	fast raiding and assault craft^[source]Exact source equipment subject, not its payload or a supported platform

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German ship Mosel

Rigid Raider

Name

Mosel^[source]

—

Namesake

Mosel^[source]

—

Builder

Bremer Vulkan^[source]

—

Launched

April 1993^[source]

—

Commissioned

1 July 1993^[source]

—

Home port

Kiel^[source]

—

Identification

MMSI number : 211211490 Callsign : DRHK Pennant number : A512^[source]

—

Status

Active^[source]

—

Type

Elbe -class replenishment ship^[source]

—

Capacity

24 standard 6.2 m containers (maximum) Supplies: 700 m³ fuel 60 m³ aviation (helicopter) fuel 280 m³ fresh water 160 tonnes ammunition 40 tonnes supplies Disposal: 5 tonnes solid waste 180 m³ waste water 32 m³ waste oil^[source]

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Armament

2 × Fliegerfaust 2 surface-to-air missile stands ( MANPADS ) 2 × Rheinmetall Rh202 20 mm autocannon ; being replaced by 2 × MLG-27 27 mm remote controlled autocannons^[source]

—

Aviation facilities

Helipad^[source]

—

Country of origin

Germany^[source]German ship Mosel · literal inventory Origin field assigned to the exact named-ship row covered by the explicit shared Origin cell; no operator, manufacturer location or parent/sibling specification inference

United Kingdom^[source]Inventory Origin column; table 2, row 3, cell 2; revision 1373375989; retrieved 2026-09-30

Used by

German Navy^[source]Current operator stated in the article; inventory date not specified

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Troops

—

10 Royal Marines (2 crew, 8 fully equipped troops)^[source]

Role

—

fast raiding and assault craft^[source]Exact source equipment subject, not its payload or a supported platform