The ship is split in two [photos]

The German Navy has a ship with a very interesting design, engineered to recover oil spilled into the sea. The ship type Bottsand can be opened in two in its entire length, in order to…
pull the contaminated oil water, in a tank of 790 cubic meters.
The ship with the hull made a fork in the road, it features a unique bow that can be opened by 65 degrees, creating an area of more than 40 square meters for the collection of contaminated seawater. The water is pumped within the tank of the ship, where it can be cleaned and separated the oil. Can clean in one hour up to 140 square meters of the surface of the sea.
The two ships of this class entered service in 1984 and 1987, and are used to recover oil spills from German ships in the sea. If and belong to the German navy, the ships are manned with civilians and have military personnel.