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Durance-class tankerlarger figure on 4 of 4
PO-class transport shiplarger figure on 0 of 4
Measured figures
Length
Single source157.2 m (515 ft 9 in)[source]
Length
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| Specification | Durance-class tanker | PO-class transport ship |
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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 Burmeister & Wain diesel engines, 2,600 kilowatts (3,480 bhp), 2 Shafts, 3 auxiliary engines[source] |
| Name | Durance class[source] | PO class[source] |
| Operators | French Navy Argentine Navy Royal Saudi Navy Royal Australian Navy (retired)[source] | Yugoslav Navy Montenegrin Navy[source] |
| Succeeded by | Jacques Chevallier class[source] |
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
58.2 m (190 ft 11 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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| Subclasses | Boraida class[source] | — |
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| Built | 1973–1990[source] | 1982-1984[source] |
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| Active |
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| Retired | — |
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| Type | Replenishment oiler[source] | Auxiliary ship[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | 2 × DRBN 34 radars[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] | Guns and missiles: Missiles: 2 x MTU-4 Strela-2M 9K32 Strela-2 surface-to-air missile 2 "Svitac" flare rocket lunchers Guns: 1 20/4 M-75 20mm gun 1 40mm Bofors L70 Bofors 40 mm gun Autocannon[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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| Builders | — | BSO Split[source] |
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| Capacity | — | 150 fully armed troops Six tanks Water 38 tones Fuel 76 tones[source] |
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| Armor | — | Splinter plating[source] |
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| Alternative designation | — | PO class[source] |
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