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Durance-class tankerlarger figure on 0 of 4
Protecteur-class auxiliary vessellarger figure on 4 of 4
Measured figures
Length
Single source157.2 m (515 ft 9 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Durance-class tanker | Protecteur-class auxiliary vessel |
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| Power | 2 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PC2.5 V 400 diesel engines 2 shafts, 15,000 kW (20,000 hp )[source] | — |
| Name | Durance class[source] | Protecteur class[source] |
| Operators | French Navy Argentine Navy Royal Saudi Navy Royal Australian Navy (retired)[source] | Royal Canadian Navy[source] |
| Succeeded by | Jacques Chevallier class[source] | — |
| Subclasses | Boraida class |
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
173.7 m (569 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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| Built | 1973–1990[source] | — |
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| Completed | 1 (Fitting out)[source] |
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| Active | — |
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| Retired | — |
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| Type | Replenishment oiler[source] | Joint support ship[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | 2 × DRBN 34 radars[source] | Command & control Lockheed Martin Canada CMS 330 Combat System OSI Maritime Systems Integrated Navigation and Tactical System (INTS) Rhode & Schwartz Communications Systems Surveillance & weapon sensors Saab Sea Giraffe AMB[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] | 2 × Phalanx CIWS 4 × .50-calibre RWS[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | Medium helicopter pad[source] | Hangar and flight deck capable of holding Chinook size helicopters[source] |
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| Country of origin | France[source] | Canada[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 | — | Seaspan ULC , North Vancouver[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | Protecteur class[source] |
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| Cost | — | CA$2.6 billion (2015 estimate); $4.1bn (2020 estimate)[source] |
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| Planned | — |
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| Building | — |
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| Propulsion | — | 2 × MAN 12V32/44CR propulsion engines 2 × propulsion shafts 1 × bow thruster 4 × MAN diesel generators[source] |
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| Boats & landing craft carried | — | 2 × Ship-to-Shore Connector pontoon systems[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | — | 2 × CH-148 Cyclone each armed with: 2 × Mk 54 MAKO Torpedo 1 × C6 FLEX 7.62 mm (0.300 in) GPMG[source] |
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