The Type 520 Barbe class utility landing craft are small units of the German Navy

German Navy

The German Navy is the navy of Germany and is part of the unified Bundeswehr .The German Navy traces its roots back to the Imperial Fleet of the revolutionary era of 1848 – 52 and more directly to the Prussian Navy, which later evolved into the Northern German Federal Navy...

 used for landing or transporting troops, supply, equipment and also for coastal mine laying.

Both remaining boats in service are currently part of the SEK-M Naval Special Forces command, however the German Navy plans to procure an entire new class of landing craft.

They are the only boats in the German Navy commanded by Chief Petty Officer

Chief Petty Officer

A chief petty officer is a senior non-commissioned officer in many navies and coast guards.-Canada:"Chief Petty Officer" refers to two ranks in the Canadian Navy...

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List of ships

Pennant number Pennant number In the modern Royal Navy, and other navies of Europe and the Commonwealth, ships are identified by pennant numbers...	Name	Type (last upgrade)	Call sign Call sign In broadcasting and radio communications, a call sign is a unique designation for a transmitting station. In North America they are used as names for broadcasting stations...	Com- missioned	Decom- missioned	Fate
L788	Butt	520C		May 7, 1965	December 4, 1992	scrapped(?)
L789	Brasse	520C		May 7, 1965	April 16, 1992	scrapped(?)
L790	Barbe	520A		January 10, 1966	September 29, 1991	to Hellenic Navy Hellenic Navy The Hellenic Navy is the naval force of Greece, part of the Greek Armed Forces. The modern Greek navy has its roots in the naval forces of various Aegean Islands, which fought in the Greek War of Independence...
L791	Delphin	520B		January 10, 1966	September 29, 1991	to Hellenic Navy
L760	Flunder	520D	DRIE	February 22, 1966	?	decommissioned
L761	Karpfen	520A		February 2, 1966	January 30, 1992	scrapped(?)
L762	Lachs	520A	DRIG	March 24, 1966		in service
L763	Plötze	520A	DRIH	March 24, 1966	?	decommissioned
L764	Rochen	520A		April 26, 1966	February 7, 1992	to Hellenic Navy
L792	Dorsch	520A		June 24, 1966	September 29, 1991	to Hellenic Navy
L793	Felchen	520A		June 23, 1966	October 25, 1991	to Hellenic Navy
L794	Forelle	520A		June 7, 1966	November 1, 1991	to Hellenic Navy
L765	Schlei	520B	DRIM	July 26, 1966		in service
L766	Stör	520A		July 26, 1966	September 16, 1992	scrapped(?)
L767	Tümmler	520A		June 26, 1966	September 16, 1992	scrapped(?)
L768	Wels	520A		June 27, 1966	December 11, 1992	scrapped(?)
L769	Zander	520A	DRIQ	August 26, 1966	?	decommissioned
L795	Inger	520A		August 16, 1966	September 9, 1991	to Hellenic Navy
L796	Makrele	520A		September 16, 1966	November 8, 1991	to Hellenic Navy
L797	Muräne	520A		September 16, 1966	February 14, 1992	to Hellenic Navy
L798	Renke	520A		October 26, 1966	October 1, 1988	to Hellenic Navy
L799	Salm	520A		October 26, 1966	October 1, 1988	to Hellenic Navy

The ships are named after fish

Fish

Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...

, with the exception of Delphin and Tümmler (toothed whale

Toothed whale

The toothed whales form a suborder of the cetaceans, including sperm whales, beaked whales, dolphins, and others. As the name suggests, the suborder is characterized by the presence of teeth rather than the baleen of other whales.-Anatomy:Toothed whales have a single blowhole on the top of the head...

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Butt (flounder), Brasse (bream), Barbe (barbel), Karpfen (carp), Lachs (salmon), Rochen (stingray), Dorsch (cod), Felchen (whitefish/Coregonus wartmanni), Forelle (trout), Stör (sturgeon), Wels (catfish), Zander (pike/perch) Salm (salmon) and Makrele (mackerel).