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D'Estienne d'Orves-class avisolarger figure on 1 of 2
German tanker Spessartlarger figure on 1 of 2
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| Specification | D'Estienne d'Orves-class aviso | German tanker Spessart |
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| Name | D'Estienne d'Orves class or A69 type[source] | Spessart[source] |
| Builders | Arsenal de Lorient[source] | — |
| Operators | French Navy Turkish Navy Argentine Navy[source] | — |
| Preceded by | Commandant Rivière class[source] | — |
| Succeeded by | Floréal class La Fayette class Patrouilleurs Hauturiers (from 2028)[source] |
80 m (262 ft 6 in) oa 76 m (249 ft 4 in) pp[source]
Length
Single source130.2 m (427 ft 2 in)[source]
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| Subclasses | Drummond class Burak class[source] | — |
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| In commission | 1976 - now (French Navy) 1999 - now (Turkish Navy) 1978 - 2024 (Argentine Navy)[source] | — |
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| Completed | 20[source] | — |
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| Active | — |
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| Retired | 14[source] | — |
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| Type | Aviso[source] | Rhön -class tanker[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | 1 Air/surface DRBV 51A sentry radar 1 DRBC 32E fire control radar 1 Decca 1226 navigation radar 1 DUBA 25 hull sonar (active sonar capability reportedly retained after conversion to OPV role)[source] | — |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | 1 ARBR 16 radar interceptor 2 Dagaie decoy launchers 1 SLQ-25 Nixie countermeasure system[source] | — |
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| Armament | 2 Exocet MM38 SSMs (removed from French ships when reclassified as OPVs) 1 × 100 mm CADAM gun turret with Najir fire control system and CMS LYNCEA 2 × 20 mm modèle F2 guns 4 × 12.7 mm machine guns 4 × L3 or L5 type torpedoes in four fixed catapults (removed from French ships when reclassified as OPVs) 1 × sextuple Bofors 375 mm rocket launcher (removed from French ships when reclassified as OPVs)[source] | — |
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| National origin | France[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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| 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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| Used by | — | German Navy[source]Current operator stated in the article; inventory date not specified |
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