The Bottsand oil-spill vessel can separate the wings, for an hour cleaning 140m3 of oil spilled water, which is an effective anti-oil spill pollution tool of the German Navy.
Ship suction oil spill layer Bottsand Type 738 under the German Navy payroll.Since 1984, Germany has operated two ships of the Bottsand class.This is an auxiliary ship of the navy.(Photo: Gizmodo)
The ship is 46.3m long, 3.1m draft;759kW propulsion, 19km / h speed, 12m horizontal rib.(Photo: Huanqiu)
When operating, this double-body ship can be opened in two branches, the maximum amplitude is 65 degrees. Two wings will create an area larger than 40m 2 to absorb oil spill.(Photo: Huanqiu)
The oil spill area is sucked into the 790m3 tank of the vessel, then cleaned and separated from the oil.(Photo: Huanqiu)
Every hour the vessel can clean up to 140m 3 of water with a thick oil content of 2mm.(Photo: Huanqiu)
Despite the German Navy, the ship was controlled by civilian sailors.(Photo: Gizmodo )
Bottsand train looks from behind.(Photos: Wikipedia)
