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Chinese destroyer Shenzhen
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At a glance
Chinese destroyer Shenzhenlarger figure on 2 of 5
German tanker Spessartlarger figure on 3 of 5
Measured figures
Length
Single source154 m (505 ft 3 in)[source]
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| Specification | Chinese destroyer Shenzhen | German tanker Spessart |
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| Builders | Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company[source] | — |
| Operators | People's Liberation Army Navy[source] | — |
| Preceded by | Type 051 (based on hull family) Type 052 (based on commissioning date)[source] | — |
| Succeeded by | Type 051C (based on hull family) Type 956E / 956EM (based on commissioning date)[source] | — |
| In commission | 1999-present[source] | — |
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
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.
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| Name | Shenzhen[source] | Spessart[source] |
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| Namesake | Shenzhen[source] | Spessart[source] |
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| Laid down | July 1996[source] | — |
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| Launched | 16 October 1997[source] | 13 February 1975[source] |
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| Commissioned | December 1998[source] | 5 September 1977[source] |
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| Home port | Zhanjiang[source] | Kiel , Germany[source] |
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| Identification | Pennant number : 167[source] | IMO number : 7362079 MMSI number : 211211850 Callsign : DRKN Pennant number : A1442[source] |
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| Status | Active[source] | Active[source] |
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| Class & type | Type 051B destroyer[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | Already installed before modernization Chinese made "Top Plate" style radar (moved from the aft to the forward mast during modernization) Combat management system: ZKJ-7 Air search radar: Type 381A Air/surface search radar: Type 360 Fire control radar : Type 344, Type 345, Type 347G, Type 360 Navigation radar: Racal/Decca 1290 Active sonar : DUBV-23 hull-mounted Optronic directors: GDG 776 Satellite communications Installed during modernization Towed array sonar[source] | — |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | Already installed before modernization Type 826 electronic support measure Type 984 jammer Type 985 jammer 2 x Type 946 chaff launchers 2 x Type 947 chaff launchers Installed during modernization Torpedo decoy[source] | — |
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| Armament | Post-2016 modernization: 2 x 100 mm H/PJ-33B naval guns (1 twin mount) 16 x YJ-12 anti-ship missiles 32-cell vertical launching system HHQ-16 surface-to-air missiles 2 x Type 1130 CIWS 6 x 324 mm. torpedo tubes (2 triple mounts) Weapens replaced during modernization: 16 x YJ-83 anti-ship missiles HQ-7 surface-to-air missiles (octuple launcher) 8 × 37mm AA guns (4 twin mounts)[source] | — |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 helicopters : ( Kamov Ka-28 or Harbin Z-9 C)[source] | — |
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| Aviation facilities | Hangar for two helicopters[source] | — |
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| Country of origin | People's Republic of China[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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| 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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| 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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| Used by | — | German Navy[source]Current operator stated in the article; inventory date not specified |
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