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Baden-Württemberg-class frigatelarger figure on 1 of 3
German tanker Spessartlarger figure on 2 of 3
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Measured figures
Length
Single source149.52 m (490 ft 7 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Baden-Württemberg-class frigate | German tanker Spessart |
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| Builders | ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems / Lürssen Peene-Werft , Wolgast[source] | — |
| Operators | German Navy[source] | — |
| Preceded by | Bremen class[source] | — |
| Cost | ca. € 775 million (2007) (equivalent to € 959.81 million in 2021) per ship[source] | — |
| Built | 2011–2022[source] | — |
| In commission | 2019–present |
130.2 m (427 ft 2 in)[source]
43,000 shp (
Single source43,000 shp (32,000 kW)[source]
CODLAG : 1 × GE LM2500 gas turbine (20 MW (27,000 shp)) 4 × MTU 20V 4000 M53B diesel generators (3.015 MW (4,043 shp)) 2 × Siemens electric-drive motors (4.5 MW (6,000 shp)) 3 × Renk gearboxes : one for each shaft and one to cross-connect the gas turbine to them 2 × Schottel shafts , driving controllable pitch propellers 1 × Jastram bow thruster ((1 MW (1,300 shp))[source]
1 MaK 12-cylinder diesel engine
Single source1 MaK 12-cylinder diesel engine 5,880 kW (7,890 hp )[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| Planned | — |
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| Active | — |
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| Type | Frigate[source] | Rhön -class tanker[source] |
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| Boats & landing craft carried | Submarine ROVs 4 × 11 m (36 ft) RHIB , capable of more than 40 knots (74 km/h; 46 mph)[source] | — |
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| Capacity | Space for two 6.1 m (20 ft 0 in) containers[source] | 11,000 m 3 (390,000 cu ft) (fuel) 400 m 3 (14,000 cu ft) (water)[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | 4 × Hensoldt TRS-4D AESA fixed planar arrays radars 2 × navigation radars from Anschütz (X and S-band) and the INBS Synapsis IFF diver and swimmer detection sonar (no anti-submarine sonar) Laser warning 1 × KORA-18 Combined RADAR and COMMS ESM from GEDIS 2 × MSP 600 video and infrared target tracker 1 × SIMONE 360 degree infrared monitoring Link 11 , Link 16 , Link 22 communications systems[source] | — |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | TKWA/MASS (Multi Ammunition Softkill System) with 4 launchers ECM[source] | — |
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| Armament | Naval guns: 1 × 127 mm (5") lightweight Otobreda naval gun with guided Vulcano ammunition for land-attack missions (range: more than 100 km (62 mi)) 2 × 27 mm MLG 27 remote-controlled autocannons 5 × 12.7 mm Hitrole -NT remote-controlled machine gun turrets 2 × 12.7 mm heavy machine guns (manually controlled) Close-In Weapon System : 2 × RAM Block II launchers, 21 missiles each Anti-ship missiles : 8 × RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missiles (interim solution until joint sea/land attack Naval Strike Missile becomes available) Non-Lethal: Water cannons[source] | — |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 × NH-90 helicopters[source] | — |
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| Country of origin | Germany[source] | 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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| Name | — | Spessart[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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| Tonnage | — | 6,103 GRT 10,800 DWT[source] |
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| Propulsion | — | 1 shaft, controllable pitch propeller[source] |
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| Used by | — | German Navy[source]Current operator stated in the article; inventory date not specified |
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