The Elbe-class replenishment ships are also known tenders of the German Navy.

They are intended to support German naval units away from their home ports.

The ships carry fuel, provisions, ammunition and other matériel and also provide medical services.

[1] On 31 August 2013, Mosel and Rottweil visited Sevastopol.

[2] Media related to A512 Mosel (ship, 1993) at Wikimedia Commons