Akar-class replenishment oiler vs Chinese ship Beidiao 993

Akar-class replenishment oiler — licensed reference photograph

ANaval support & landing craft

Akar-class replenishment oiler

Replenishment oiler

Credit

Diego Quevedo Carmona · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

BNaval support & landing craft

Chinese ship Beidiao 993

experimental ship

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Akar-class replenishment oilerLength

145.1 m

Length source ↗

Chinese ship Beidiao 993o/a

86.4 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Akar-class replenishment oilerlarger figure on 2 of 2

Beam+56%
Draught+121%

Chinese ship Beidiao 993larger figure on 0 of 2

None

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

9 of 25 rows sourced on both sides

145m

86.4mo/a

Length

All recorded figures & sources

145.1 m

Length

Single source

145.1 m (476 ft 1 in)^[source]

86.4 m

o/a

Single source

81.5 m

w/l

Single source

86.40 m (283 ft 6 in) o/a 81.50 m (267 ft 5 in) w/l^[source]

22.8m

14.6m

Beam+56%

All recorded figures & sources

22.8 m

Beam

Single source

22.8 m (74 ft 10 in)^[source]

14.6 m

Beam

Single source

14.6 m (47 ft 11 in)^[source]

8.4m

3.8m

Draught+121%

All recorded figures & sources

8.4 m

Draught

Single source

8.4 m (27 ft 7 in)^[source]

3.8 m

Draught

Single source

3.80 m (12 ft 6 in)^[source]

19,350tfull load

2,300t

Displacement

All recorded figures & sources

19,350 tonnes

full load

Single source

19,350 t (19,040 long tons ) (full load)^[source]

2,300 tonnes

Displacement

Single source

2,300 t (2,300 long tons ; 2,500 short tons )^[source]

203

30naval + 70 civilian

Complement

All recorded figures & sources

203 people

Complement

Single source

203^[source]

30 people

naval + 70 civilian

Single source

30 naval + 70 civilian^[source]

30km/hMaximum; Speed

Speed

All recorded figures & sources

30 km/h

Maximum; Speed

Single source

16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)^[source]

30 km/h

Maximum; Speed

Single source

16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)^[source]

11,000kmat 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)

2,800km

Range

All recorded figures & sources

11,000 km

at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)

Single source

6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)^[source]

2,800 km

Range

Single source

1,500 nmi (2,800 km; 1,700 mi)^[source]

Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.

Configuration

Details

Akar-class replenishment oiler and Chinese ship Beidiao 993 configuration
Specification	Akar-class replenishment oiler	Chinese ship Beidiao 993
Power	4,847 kW (6,500 hp) diesel engine, one shaft.^[source]	3 × 2,200 kW (2,950 hp) MaK 6M453C diesel engines^[source]
Name	Akar^[source]	Beidiao 993^[source]
Operators	Turkish Navy^[source]	—
Built	1987–1995^[source]	—
Completed	2^[source]	—
Active	2^[source]	—
Type	Replenishment oiler^[source]	—
Sensors & processing systems	AN/SPG-34 fire-control radar^[source]	—
Armament	2 Bofors 40 mm L/70 guns 1 Mk 15 Phalanx CIWS^[source]	—
Aviation facilities	Aft helicopter pad^[source]	—
Country of origin	Turkey^[source]Akar class · explicit construction country for both ships; not inferred from operating navy or yard address	—
Manufacturer	Gölcük Naval Shipyard^[source]Akar class · Akar built byGölcükNavalShipyard; YarbayKudretGüngör built bySedefShipyard; separate named class members Sedef Shipyard^[source]Akar class · Akar built byGölcükNavalShipyard; YarbayKudretGüngör built bySedefShipyard; separate named class members Gölcük Naval Shipyard^[source]Akar class · Akar A-580 original construction Sedef Shipyard^[source]Akar class · Yarbay Kudret Güngör A-595 original construction	—
Namesake	—	North Investigation^[source]
Builder	—	Tongfang Jiangxin Shipbuilding Company, China^[source]
Commissioned	—	December 2000^[source]
Status	—	in active service, as of 2014^[source]
Depth	—	6.80 m (22 ft 4 in)^[source]
Role	—	experimental ship^[source]The exact equipment subject, not its carried payload or supported platform

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Akar-class replenishment oiler

Chinese ship Beidiao 993

Power

4,847 kW (6,500 hp) diesel engine, one shaft.^[source]

3 × 2,200 kW (2,950 hp) MaK 6M453C diesel engines^[source]

Name

Akar^[source]

Beidiao 993^[source]

Operators

Turkish Navy^[source]

—

Built

1987–1995^[source]

—

Completed

2^[source]

—

Active

2^[source]

—

Type

Replenishment oiler^[source]

—

Sensors & processing systems

AN/SPG-34 fire-control radar^[source]

—

Armament

2 Bofors 40 mm L/70 guns 1 Mk 15 Phalanx CIWS^[source]

—

Aviation facilities

Aft helicopter pad^[source]

—

Country of origin

Turkey^[source]Akar class · explicit construction country for both ships; not inferred from operating navy or yard address

—

Manufacturer

Gölcük Naval Shipyard^[source]Akar class · Akar built byGölcükNavalShipyard; YarbayKudretGüngör built bySedefShipyard; separate named class members

Sedef Shipyard^[source]Akar class · Akar built byGölcükNavalShipyard; YarbayKudretGüngör built bySedefShipyard; separate named class members

Gölcük Naval Shipyard^[source]Akar class · Akar A-580 original construction

Sedef Shipyard^[source]Akar class · Yarbay Kudret Güngör A-595 original construction

—

Namesake

—

North Investigation^[source]

Builder

—

Tongfang Jiangxin Shipbuilding Company, China^[source]

Commissioned

—

December 2000^[source]

Status

—

in active service, as of 2014^[source]

Depth

—

6.80 m (22 ft 4 in)^[source]

Role

—

experimental ship^[source]The exact equipment subject, not its carried payload or supported platform