Altay-class oiler vs Durance-class tanker

ANaval support & landing craft

Altay-class oiler

Replenishment oiler

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BNaval support & landing craft

Durance-class tanker

Replenishment oiler

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Altay-class oilerLength

106.17 m

Length source ↗

Durance-class tankerLength

157.2 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Altay-class oilerlarger figure on 0 of 4

None

Durance-class tankerlarger figure on 4 of 4

Length+48%
Beam+38%
Complement+170%
Speed+35%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

18 of 27 rows sourced on both sides

106m

157m

Length+48%

All recorded figures & sources

106.17 m

Length

Single source

106.17 m (348 ft 4 in)^[source]

157.2 m

Length

Single source

157.2 m (515 ft 9 in)^[source]

15.4m

21.2m

Beam+38%

All recorded figures & sources

15.4 m

Beam

Single source

15.4 m (50 ft 6 in)^[source]

21.2 m

Beam

Single source

21.2 m (69 ft 7 in)^[source]

6.7m

10.8mfull load

Draught

All recorded figures & sources

6.7 m

Draught

Single source

6.7 m (22 ft 0 in)^[source]

10.8 m

full load

Single source

8.65 m

standard

Single source

8.65 m (28 ft 5 in) standard 10.8 m (35 ft 5 in) full load^[source]

7,230 tons full load

18,200–18,800tonnesfull load

Displacement

All recorded figures & sources

7,230 tons full load^[source]

18,200–18,800 tonnes

full load

Single source

7,700–7,900 tonnes

standard

Single source

7,700–7,900 t (7,600–7,800 long tons ) standard 18,200–18,800 t (17,900–18,500 long tons) (full load)^[source]

162

Complement+170%

All recorded figures & sources

60 people

Complement

Single source

60^[source]

162 people

Complement

Single source

162^[source]

26km/hMaximum; Speed

35km/hMaximum; Speed

Speed+35%

All recorded figures & sources

26 km/h

Maximum; Speed

Single source

14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)^[source]

35 km/h

Maximum; Speed

Single source

19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)^[source]

15,900kmat 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)

17,000kmat 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)

RangeScopes differ

All recorded figures & sources

15,900 km

at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)

Single source

9,300 km

at 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)

Single source

5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) 8,600 nmi (15,900 km; 9,900 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)^[source]

17,000 km

at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)

Single source

9,000 nmi (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)^[source]

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

Configuration

Details

Altay-class oiler and Durance-class tanker configuration
Specification	Altay-class oiler	Durance-class tanker
Power	1 B&W-550 VTBN-110 diesel engine 3,250 bhp (2,420 kW ) 1 shaft^[source]	2 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PC2.5 V 400 diesel engines 2 shafts, 15,000 kW (20,000 hp )^[source]
Name	Project 160 (NATO: Altay class)^[source]	Durance class^[source]
Builders	Rauma-Repola, Finland^[source]	—
Operators	Soviet Navy Russian Navy^[source]	French Navy Argentine Navy Royal Saudi Navy Royal Australian Navy (retired)^[source]
Preceded by	Olekma class^[source]	—
Succeeded by	Dubna class^[source]	Jacques Chevallier class^[source]
Built	1967–1972^[source]	1973–1990^[source]
In commission	1968–present^[source]	—
Completed	6^[source]	8^[source]
Active	4?^[source]	4^[source]
Retired	2^[source]	4^[source]
Type	Replenishment oiler^[source]	Replenishment oiler^[source]
Capacity	1,300 tons heavy oil 2,700 tons distilled fuel 200 tons water 100 tons lube oil^[source]	—
Sensors & processing systems	2 Don-2 (navigation) NEL-5 (sonar) MGL-25 (underwater telephone)^[source]	2 × DRBN 34 radars^[source]
Electronic warfare & decoys	IFF^[source]	—
Country of origin	Soviet Union^[source]	France^[source]
Subclasses	—	Boraida class^[source]
Armament	—	1 × Bofors 40 mm (1.6 in)/L60 gun 4 × 12.7 mm (0.5 in) M2 Browning machine guns 3 × Simbad Mistral missile launcher^[source]
Aviation facilities	—	Medium helicopter pad^[source]
Manufacturer	—	Naval Group, Ateliers et Chantiers de France, Cockatoo Docks & Engineering Company, Brest Arsenal^[source]

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Altay-class oiler

Durance-class tanker

Power

1 B&W-550 VTBN-110 diesel engine 3,250 bhp (2,420 kW ) 1 shaft^[source]

2 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PC2.5 V 400 diesel engines 2 shafts, 15,000 kW (20,000 hp )^[source]

Name

Project 160 (NATO: Altay class)^[source]

Durance class^[source]

Builders

Rauma-Repola, Finland^[source]

—

Operators

Soviet Navy Russian Navy^[source]

French Navy Argentine Navy Royal Saudi Navy Royal Australian Navy (retired)^[source]

Preceded by

Olekma class^[source]

—

Succeeded by

Dubna class^[source]

Jacques Chevallier class^[source]

Built

1967–1972^[source]

1973–1990^[source]

In commission

1968–present^[source]

—

Completed

6^[source]

8^[source]

Active

4?^[source]

4^[source]

Retired

2^[source]

4^[source]

Type

Replenishment oiler^[source]

Capacity

1,300 tons heavy oil 2,700 tons distilled fuel 200 tons water 100 tons lube oil^[source]

—

Sensors & processing systems

2 Don-2 (navigation) NEL-5 (sonar) MGL-25 (underwater telephone)^[source]

2 × DRBN 34 radars^[source]

Electronic warfare & decoys

IFF^[source]

—

Country of origin

Soviet Union^[source]

France^[source]

Subclasses

—

Boraida class^[source]

Armament

—

1 × Bofors 40 mm (1.6 in)/L60 gun 4 × 12.7 mm (0.5 in) M2 Browning machine guns 3 × Simbad Mistral missile launcher^[source]

Aviation facilities

—

Medium helicopter pad^[source]

Manufacturer

—

Naval Group, Ateliers et Chantiers de France, Cockatoo Docks & Engineering Company, Brest Arsenal^[source]