Mosel

FGS Mosel is a Type 704 Elbe-class tender and replenishment vessel of the Deutsche Marine, designed as a small-combatant tender providing fuel, provisions, spare parts and maintenance capacity to patrol boats and mine warfare vessels. She displaces around 1,400 tonnes full load, carries a helicopter deck and light defensive armament, and can support sustained operations for attached vessels without requiring port access.

In Coalition operations, a dedicated replenishment ship substantially extends the endurance of small mine-countermeasures vessels such as Fulda, which would otherwise need frequent port calls. Mosel's presence gives a national contribution an independently sustainable character rather than reliance on host-nation or allied logistics, a role that matters in a contested-access corridor such as the Strait of Hormuz.