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Brandenburg-class frigatelarger figure on 1 of 3
German tanker Spessartlarger figure on 2 of 3
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Length
Single source138.85 m (455 ft 7 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Brandenburg-class frigate | German tanker Spessart |
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| Name | Brandenburg class[source] | Spessart[source] |
| Builders | Blohm + Voss Howaldtswerke Nordseewerke Bremer Vulkan[source] | — |
| Operators | German Navy[source] | — |
| Preceded by | Hamburg class[source] | — |
| Succeeded by | Niedersachsen class (cancelled) MEKO A-200 DEU class (actual)[source] |
130.2 m (427 ft 2 in)[source]
CODOG (combined diesel or gas) two propeller shafts , controllable pitch propellers two MTU 20V 956 TB92 diesel-engines , 8.14 MW each two General Electric LM2500 gas turbines , 38 MW total two Renk BGS 178 Lo gearboxes[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.
| Cost | € 303 million per unit[source] | — |
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| Built | 1992–1996[source] | — |
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| In commission | 1994–present[source] | — |
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| Completed | — |
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| Active | — |
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| Type | Frigate[source] | Rhön -class tanker[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | One Thales LW08 air search D band radar one Thales SMART-S air/surface surveillance F band radar two Thales STIR 180 fire-control radar two Raytheon Redpath I band navigation radar one STN Atlas DSQS-23BZ hull-mounted sonar one STN Atlas TASS 6-3 (LFTASS) towed array sonar ( Bayern only)[source] | — |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | 1 EADS FL 1800S ECM suite four TKWA/MASS (Multi Ammunition Softkill System) decoy dispenser (replaced two OTO-Melara SCLAR dispensers in 2009)[source] | — |
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| Armament | Naval guns: One OTO-Melara 76 mm /62 Mk 75 multi-purpose naval gun Two Mauser BK-27 27 mm rapid-fire cannons Anti-aircraft warfare : One Mk 41 Mod 3 vertical launch system for 16 Sea Sparrow antiaircraft missiles ( ESSM planned) CIWS: Two Mk 49 launchers for 21 x Rolling Airframe Missiles Anti-ship missiles : Two quadruple launchers for 8 x Harpoon anti-ship missiles ) (replaced two twin launchers for 4 x MM38 Exocet missiles ) Anti-submarine warfare : Four 324 mm torpedo tubes , Mk 46 torpedoes[source] | — |
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| Aircraft carried | Two Sea Lynx helicopters equipped with ASW torpedoes , or air-to-surface missiles Sea Skua , and a heavy machine gun.[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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| 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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