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Cartagena de Indias (Luneberg class/Type 701) supply tenders

These ships serve as a logistics platform but have also been used in missions such as counternarcotics and even surface warfare. The army of Colombia always had at least 2 logisticios ships and between 2 and 4 tankers, which were the ARC Tumaco, Turbo, Sancho Jimeno among many others. The Navy made a search for a multipurpose around the globe, which were used but in good condition. Germany took the Niemburg from service and offered it to Colombia, which was accepted. In 1996, the Colombian Navy acquired two ships of the Lunemberg German class built in 1968 by the Flensburger Shipyard which were active until 1991 when they were discharged for scrapping. Lunemberg (A-1411), current ARC Caratagena de Indias BM-161, was destined for Caribbean Naval Force. Niemburg (A-1413), current ARC Buenaventura BM-162, was intended for the Pacific Naval Force.

Each unit would cost $ 2 million each and a similar amount was invested in them about: flight deck, cabins, clutches, bearings and navigation systems. A similar unit cost about 30 million new, which was really good shopping. After being reformed, renewed its two diesel generators, communications systems and radar have extensive features regarded as multipurpose vessels being used to transport Marines (150 infants), freight forwarding engines (1,100 tn.), Maritime patrol and as instruction and training for staff dela Armada.

BM-161 was a hospital ship during help to the population of Haiti suffered an earthquake in January 2010. With a crew of 68 men and women of the Naval Institution, as well as members of the Red Cross, including doctors and nurses, the ship anchored near the wharf in Port au Prince 22 January 2010 and begin to disembark aid by boats, taking into account that the pier was also destroyed by the earthquake. The cargo was collected by the Red Cross and donated by thousands of Colombians, consisting of 206 tons of food, more than 200 tons of water, as 85 coffins, medicines, hygiene items, mattresses and blankets.

The ARC "Cartagena de Indias" carryied a full medical team of health professionals from the Navy, with specialties such as orthopedics, pediatrics, anesthesiology, general medicine, multiple trauma, nursing and surgical instrumentation, who carry out their work in three offices, an operating room and recovery room, properly suitable board the unit. The National Government through the Armed Forces and the solidarity support of the entire population of Colombia reiterates its decision to support the earthquake victims in Haiti.

In May 2013 the ship of the National Armada ARC "Cartagena de Indias" with an unusual cargo: more than 5,000 tires and a lot of battery energy storage, which were collected on the island and to be transferred to Cartagena for final disposal. The shipment of tires lasted two days, where the Marines Specific Command of San Andres and Providencia, accompanied by a group of cadets from the Naval Academy "Almirante Padilla" and unit staff Public Utilities the Interior, took care of all the material up and store it in the main wineries of the unit.

This campaign of environmental protection of the Archipelago was led by the Navy through the Specific Command of San Andres and Providencia, the Interior Department, the Corporation for Sustainable Development of the Archipelago - Coralina and the National Association of Industrialists of Colombia - Andi.

On 21 August 2014 the National ARC Armada "Cartagena de Indias" entered the dock of the Port Society of the island of San Andres, to start the shipment of recyclable material that is part of the campaign to collect waste domestic refrigerators, inter alia, that accumulate on the island. The ship will remain docked at the pier and get on board four containers with items such as refrigerators, tires, computers, electronic waste, polyurethane bags and batteries, among others.

This campaign is held every year on the island of San Andres, are part entities such as the Ministry of Environment, the Departmental Interior, the Ministry of Public Utilities and the Environment, Coralina, ANDI, manufacturers and importers of refrigerators household Program of the United Nations Development - UNDP and the Navy. The ARC "Cartagena de Indias" ship was declared by Coralina, in 2013, as Ambassador of the Seaflower Biosphere Reserve, by linking them to the preservation of the environment on the island and backup protection mentioned. The Specific Command of San Andres and Providencia continue to liaise with these types of initiatives to work for the protection of the environment of the archipelago.