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Brazilian frigate Independência
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Marinha do Brasil · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source ↗ · Modified
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Brazilian frigate Independêncialarger figure on 0 of 4
German tanker Spessartlarger figure on 4 of 4
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Length
Single source129.2 m (423 ft 11 in)[source]
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| Specification | Brazilian frigate Independência | German tanker Spessart |
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| Name | Independência[source] | Spessart[source] |
| Namesake | Independência[source] | Spessart[source] |
| Builder | Arsenal de Marinha do Rio de Janeiro[source] | Kröger , Rendsburg[source] |
| Launched | 2 September 1974[source] | 13 February 1975 |
130.2 m (427 ft 2 in)[source]
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| Christened | 11 June 1972[source] | — |
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| Commissioned | 3 September 1979[source] | 5 September 1977[source] |
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| Home port | Rio de Janeiro[source] | Kiel , Germany[source] |
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| Identification | MMSI number : 710466000 Callsign : PWIN Pennant number : F-44[source] | IMO number : 7362079 MMSI number : 211211850 Callsign : DRKN Pennant number : A1442[source] |
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| Motto | A Independência de todos depende de cada um de nós English: "Everyone's Independence depends on each one of us"[source] | — |
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| Nickname(s) | Léo Pirata[source] | — |
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| Status | Active[source] | Active[source] |
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| Class & type | Niterói -class frigate[source] | — |
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| Endurance | 45 days[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | Modernized: Alenia RAN-20S air search radar Terma Scanter surface search radar Orion RTN-30X fire control radar Saab EOS-400 optronic director Krupp Atlas EDO-610E hull mounted sonar SICONTA Mk 2 C3I system[source] | — |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | Modernized: Cutlass B1W ESM ET/SQL-1 ECM 12 × 102 mm decoy launchers[source] | — |
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| Armament | Modernized: 1 × Albatros launcher for 8 Aspide surface-to-air missiles 1 × 114 mm Mark 8 gun 2 × Bofors 40 mm guns 2 × twin launchers for Exocet anti-ship missiles 2 × triple torpedo tubes for Mark 46 torpedoes 1 × double-barrel Bofors Boroc anti-submarine rockets[source] | — |
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| Aircraft carried | Westland Super Lynx Mk.21B helicopter[source] | — |
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| Aviation facilities | Helipad and hangar[source] | — |
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| Used by | Brazilian Navy[source]Current operator stated in the article; inventory date not specified | German Navy[source]Current operator stated in the article; inventory date not specified |
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| Owner | — | Deutsche Marine[source] |
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| Port of registry | — | Hamburg , Germany[source] |
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| Acquired | — | 1976[source] |
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| Renamed | — | Okapi[source] |
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| Type | — | Rhön -class tanker[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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| Country of origin | — | 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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