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Durance-class tankerlarger figure on 2 of 3
HTMS Makut Rajakumarnlarger figure on 1 of 3
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Length
Single source157.2 m (515 ft 9 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Durance-class tanker | HTMS Makut Rajakumarn |
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| Power | 2 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PC2.5 V 400 diesel engines 2 shafts, 15,000 kW (20,000 hp )[source] | 2 shaft CODOG 1 Rolls-Royce Olympus gas turbine 19,500 hp (14,500 kW ) 1 Crossley Pelstick PA6S diesel 6,000 hp (4,500 kW)[source] |
| Name | Durance class[source] | HTMS Makut Rajakumarn[source] |
| Operators | French Navy Argentine Navy Royal Saudi Navy Royal Australian Navy (retired)[source] | — |
| Succeeded by | Jacques Chevallier class[source] | — |
97.6 m (320 ft 3 in)[source]
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Boraida class[source] |
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| Built | 1973–1990[source] | — |
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| Completed | — |
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| Active | — |
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| Retired | — |
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| Type | Replenishment oiler[source] | Frigate[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | 2 × DRBN 34 radars[source] | Radar - HSA LW-04, HSA WM-22, Decca 626 Sonar 170B, 162, Plessey M27[source] |
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| Armament | 1 × Bofors 40 mm (1.6 in)/L60 gun 4 × 12.7 mm (0.5 in) M2 Browning machine guns 3 × Simbad Mistral missile launcher[source] | Anti-aircraft missile (1x4) Sea Cat (later removed); 2 4.5 inch Mark 8 naval gun 2 × 40 mm Bofors AA guns (2x1) 1 Limbo anti submarine mortar (later removed) 2 × 3 anti-submarine torpedo tubes (added in 1988 replacing Limbo)[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | Medium helicopter pad[source] | — |
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| Country of origin | France[source] | — |
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| Manufacturer | Naval Group, Ateliers et Chantiers de France, Cockatoo Docks & Engineering Company, Brest Arsenal[source] | — |
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| Namesake | — | Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn[source] |
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| Builder | — | Yarrow Shipbuilders , Glasgow[source] |
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| Launched | — | 18 November 1971[source] |
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| Commissioned | — | 7 May 1973[source] |
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| Status | — | in service as a training ship[source] |
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| Role | — | in service as a training ship[source]Exact source equipment subject, not its payload or a supported platform |
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