Durance-class tanker vs Kangan-class ship

ANaval support & landing craft

Durance-class tanker

Replenishment oiler

AI-generated illustration · Not a photograph — Representative exterior of Kangan-class ship

BNaval support & landing craft

Kangan-class ship

Auxiliary water tanker

AI-generated illustration · Not a photograph

Credit

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First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Durance-class tankerLength

157.2 m

Length source ↗

Kangan-class shipLength

148 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Durance-class tankerlarger figure on 3 of 4

Length+6%
Complement+1057%
Speed+25%

Kangan-class shiplarger figure on 1 of 4

Beam+1%

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

14 of 26 rows sourced on both sides

157m

148m

Length+6%

All recorded figures & sources

157.2 m

Length

Single source

157.2 m (515 ft 9 in)^[source]

148 m

Length

Single source

148 m (485 ft 7 in)^[source]

21.2m

21.5m

Beam+1%

All recorded figures & sources

21.2 m

Beam

Single source

21.2 m (69 ft 7 in)^[source]

21.5 m

Beam

Single source

21.5 m (70 ft 6 in)^[source]

10.8mfull load

Draught

All recorded figures & sources

10.8 m

full load

Single source

8.65 m

standard

Single source

8.65 m (28 ft 5 in) standard 10.8 m (35 ft 5 in) full load^[source]

5 m

Draught

Single source

5 m (16 ft 5 in)^[source]

18,200–18,800tonnesfull load

12,193 tons full load

Displacement

All recorded figures & sources

18,200–18,800 tonnes

full load

Single source

7,700–7,900 tonnes

standard

Single source

7,700–7,900 t (7,600–7,800 long tons ) standard 18,200–18,800 t (17,900–18,500 long tons) (full load)^[source]

12,193 tons full load^[source]

162

Complement+1057%

All recorded figures & sources

162 people

Complement

Single source

162^[source]

14 people

Complement

Single source

14^[source]

35km/hMaximum; Speed

28km/hMaximum; Speed

Speed+25%

All recorded figures & sources

35 km/h

Maximum; Speed

Single source

19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)^[source]

28 km/h

Maximum; Speed

Single source

15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)^[source]

17,000kmat 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)

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Range

All recorded figures & sources

17,000 km

at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)

Single source

9,000 nmi (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)^[source]

Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.

Configuration

Details

Durance-class tanker and Kangan-class ship configuration
Specification	Durance-class tanker	Kangan-class ship
Power	2 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PC2.5 V 400 diesel engines 2 shafts, 15,000 kW (20,000 hp )^[source]	Diesel^[source] 1 × MAN 7L 52/55A engine, 7,385 horsepower (5.507 MW) 1 × shaft^[source]
Name	Durance class^[source]	—
Operators	French Navy Argentine Navy Royal Saudi Navy Royal Australian Navy (retired)^[source]	Islamic Republic of Iran Navy^[source]
Succeeded by	Jacques Chevallier class^[source]	—
Subclasses	Boraida class^[source]	—
Built	1973–1990^[source]	1978–1979; 1991–1992^[source]
Completed	8^[source]	4^[source]
Active	4^[source]	2 (verified, at least)^[source]
Retired	4^[source]	—
Type	Replenishment oiler^[source]	Auxiliary water tanker^[source]
Sensors & processing systems	2 × DRBN 34 radars^[source]	—
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]	2 × USSR 23mm/80 (twin) 2 × 12.7mm machine guns^[source]
Aviation facilities	Medium helicopter pad^[source]	—
Country of origin	France^[source]	India^[source]Kangan-class ship · literal inventory Origin field assigned to the exact equipment row linked in the primary inventory identity column; no operator, manufacturer location or parent/sibling specification inference
Manufacturer	Naval Group, Ateliers et Chantiers de France, Cockatoo Docks & Engineering Company, Brest Arsenal^[source]	—
Builders	—	Mazagon Dock, Bombay, India^[source]
In service	—	1978–present^[source]
Tonnage	—	9,581 tons deadweight^[source]
Capacity	—	9,000 cubic metres (12,000 cu yd)^[source]

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Durance-class tanker

Kangan-class ship

Power

2 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PC2.5 V 400 diesel engines 2 shafts, 15,000 kW (20,000 hp )^[source]

Diesel^[source]

1 × MAN 7L 52/55A engine, 7,385 horsepower (5.507 MW) 1 × shaft^[source]

Name

Durance class^[source]

—

Operators

French Navy Argentine Navy Royal Saudi Navy Royal Australian Navy (retired)^[source]

Islamic Republic of Iran Navy^[source]

Succeeded by

Jacques Chevallier class^[source]

—

Subclasses

Boraida class^[source]

—

Built

1973–1990^[source]

1978–1979; 1991–1992^[source]

Completed

8^[source]

4^[source]

Active

4^[source]

2 (verified, at least)^[source]

Retired

4^[source]

—

Type

Replenishment oiler^[source]

Auxiliary water tanker^[source]

Sensors & processing systems

2 × DRBN 34 radars^[source]

—

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]

2 × USSR 23mm/80 (twin) 2 × 12.7mm machine guns^[source]

Aviation facilities

Medium helicopter pad^[source]

—

Country of origin

France^[source]

India^[source]Kangan-class ship · literal inventory Origin field assigned to the exact equipment row linked in the primary inventory identity column; no operator, manufacturer location or parent/sibling specification inference

Manufacturer

Naval Group, Ateliers et Chantiers de France, Cockatoo Docks & Engineering Company, Brest Arsenal^[source]

—

Builders

—

Mazagon Dock, Bombay, India^[source]

In service

—

1978–present^[source]

Tonnage

—

9,581 tons deadweight^[source]

Capacity

—

9,000 cubic metres (12,000 cu yd)^[source]