AWarships
Adelaide-class frigate
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Adelaide-class frigatelarger figure on 0 of 2
German tanker Spessartlarger figure on 2 of 2
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| Specification | Adelaide-class frigate | German tanker Spessart |
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| Name | Adelaide class[source] | Spessart[source] |
| Builders | Todd Pacific Shipyards , Seattle, Washington Australian Marine Engineering Consolidated[source] | — |
| Operators | Royal Australian Navy (former) Chilean Navy[source] | — |
| Preceded by | Daring -class destroyer[source] | — |
| Succeeded by | Hunter -class frigate[source] |
408 ft (124 m) at waterline 455 ft (139 m) overall[source]
Length
Single source130.2 m (427 ft 2 in)[source]
2 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and variable pitch propeller 2 × Auxiliary Propulsion Units , 350 hp (260 kW) retractable electric azimuth thrusters for maneuvering and docking.[source]
1 MaK 12-cylinder diesel engine
Single source1 MaK 12-cylinder diesel engine 5,880 kW (7,890 hp )[source]
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| Built | 21 June 1978 – 21 February 1992[source] | — |
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| In service | 15 November 1980 – 27 September 2019[source] | — |
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| In commission | 15 November 1980 – 26 October 2019[source] | — |
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| Completed | — |
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| Active | 2 (Chile)[source] | — |
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| Retired | — |
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| Class & type | Modified Oliver Hazard Perry -class guided missile frigate[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | AN/SPS-49 radar Mk 92 fire control system AN/SPS-55 radar FFG 01-04: AN/SQS-56 sonar FFG 05-06: Mulloka sonar[source] | — |
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| Armament | 8-cell Mk 41 VLS (32 quad-packed Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile ) Mk 13 missile launcher (40-missile magazine, Harpoon and SM-2MR missiles (replaced SM-1MR during refit)) 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm 1 × 20 mm Mk 15 Vulcan Phalanx 2 × triple 324 mm Mk 32 torpedo tubes[source] | — |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 × S-70B Seahawk or 1 × Seahawk and 1 × AS350B Squirrel[source] | — |
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| Notes | Mk 41 VLS , ESSM capability, and SM-2MR capability installed during the FFG Upgrade project[source] | — |
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| Namesake | — | Spessart[source] |
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| Owner | — | Deutsche Marine[source] |
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| Port of registry | — | Hamburg , Germany[source] |
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| Builder | — | Kröger , Rendsburg[source] |
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| Launched | — | 13 February 1975[source] |
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| Acquired | — | 1976[source] |
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| Commissioned | — | 5 September 1977[source] |
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| Renamed | — | Okapi[source] |
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| Home port | — | Kiel , Germany[source] |
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| Identification | — | IMO number : 7362079 MMSI number : 211211850 Callsign : DRKN Pennant number : A1442[source] |
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| Status | — | Active[source] |
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| Type | — | Rhön -class tanker[source] |
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| Tonnage | — | 6,103 GRT 10,800 DWT[source] |
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| Propulsion | — | 1 shaft, controllable pitch propeller[source] |
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| Capacity | — | 11,000 m 3 (390,000 cu ft) (fuel) 400 m 3 (14,000 cu ft) (water)[source] |
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| Country of origin | — | Germany[source]German tanker Spessart · literal inventory Origin field assigned to the exact named-ship row covered by the explicit shared Origin cell; no operator, manufacturer location or parent/sibling specification inference |
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| Used by | — | German Navy[source]Current operator stated in the article; inventory date not specified |
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