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Brahmaputra-class frigatelarger figure on 1 of 4
German tanker Spessartlarger figure on 3 of 4
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Measured figures
Length
Single source126.4 m (415 ft)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Brahmaputra-class frigate | German tanker Spessart |
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| Name | Brahmaputra class[source] | Spessart[source] |
| Builders | Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers[source] | — |
| Operators | Indian Navy[source] | — |
| Preceded by | Godavari class[source] | — |
| Succeeded by | Talwar class[source] | — |
130.2 m (427 ft 2 in)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Built |
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1989–2005[source] |
| — |
| In commission | 2000–present[source] | — |
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| Planned | — |
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| Completed | — |
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| Active | — |
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| Laid up | — |
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| Type | Guided-missile frigate[source] | Rhön -class tanker[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | Radar BEL RAWS-03 air/surface search radar BEL/Signaal RAWL-02 (PLN 517) air search radar Decca Bridgemaster/BEL Rashmi PIN 524 navigation radar BEL Aparna Fire Control radar (Kh-35 SSM) Elta EL/M-2221 Search, Track & Guidance/Gunnery Radar (Barak SAM) Sonar BEL HUMSA (Hull Mounted Sonar Array) Thales Sintra towed array sonar OE BEL Shikari opto-electronic trackers (guns)[source] | — |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | BEL Ajanta Mk.2C Electronic Warfare system ELLORA Electronic Support Measures system BEL Radar Warning Receiver Suite Decoy 2 × chaff/flare launcher Super Barricade chaff launcher 2 × Graesby G738 or BEL TOTED towed torpedo decoy[source] | — |
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| Armament | 16 × Kh-35 (SS-N-25) SSM (4 × quadruple KT-184 launchers) 24 × Barak point-defence surface-to-air missiles (3 × 8 cell VLS units) 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm gun 4 × AK-630 6-barreled 30 mm gatling gun 2 × triple ILAS 3 324 mm torpedo tubes (Whitehead A244S anti-submarine torpedoes)[source] | — |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 Sea King or HAL Chetak[source] | — |
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| Country of origin | India[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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| 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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| Capacity | — | 11,000 m 3 (390,000 cu ft) (fuel) 400 m 3 (14,000 cu ft) (water)[source] |
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| Used by | — | German Navy[source]Current operator stated in the article; inventory date not specified |
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