Durance-class tanker vs Towada-class replenishment ship

ANaval support & landing craft

Durance-class tanker

Replenishment oiler

Towada-class replenishment ship — licensed reference photograph

BNaval support & landing craft

Towada-class replenishment ship

Fast combat support ship

Credit

MCSN Declan Barnes · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Durance-class tankerLength

157.2 m

Length source ↗

Towada-class replenishment shipLength

167 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Durance-class tankerlarger figure on 2 of 5

Displacement+53%
Complement+16%

Towada-class replenishment shiplarger figure on 3 of 5

Length+6%
Beam+4%
Speed+17%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

15 of 25 rows sourced on both sides

157m

167m

Length+6%

All recorded figures & sources

157.2 m

Length

Single source

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

167 m

Length

Single source

167 m (548 ft)^[source]

21.2m

22m

Beam+4%

All recorded figures & sources

21.2 m

Beam

Single source

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

22 m

Beam

Single source

22.0 m (72.2 ft)^[source]

10.8mfull load

15.9m

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]

15.9 m

Draught

Single source

15.9 m (52 ft)^[source]

18,200–18,800tonnesfull load

12,100tfull 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]

12,100 tonnes

full load

Single source

8,100 tonnes

standard

Single source

162

140

Complement+16%

All recorded figures & sources

162 people

Complement

Single source

162^[source]

140 people

Complement

Single source

140^[source]

35km/hMaximum; Speed

41km/hMaximum; Speed

Speed+17%

All recorded figures & sources

35 km/h

Maximum; Speed

Single source

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

41 km/h

Maximum; Speed

Single source

22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)^[source]

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

19,446kmat 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)

RangeScopes differ

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]

19,446 km

at 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)

Single source

10,500 nmi (19,446 km; 12,083 mi) at 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 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 Towada-class replenishment ship configuration
Specification	Durance-class tanker	Towada-class replenishment ship
Power	2 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PC2.5 V 400 diesel engines 2 shafts, 15,000 kW (20,000 hp )^[source]	2 × Mitsui 16V42M-A diesel engines 26,000 shp (19,388 kW) each 2 × shafts^[source]
Name	Durance class^[source]	—
Operators	French Navy Argentine Navy Royal Saudi Navy Royal Australian Navy (retired)^[source]	Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force^[source]
Succeeded by	Jacques Chevallier class^[source]	Mashū class^[source]
Subclasses	Boraida class^[source]	—
Built	1973–1990^[source]	—
Completed	8^[source]	3^[source]
Active	4^[source]	3^[source]
Retired	4^[source]	—
Type	Replenishment oiler^[source]	Fast combat support ship^[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]	—
Aviation facilities	Medium helicopter pad^[source]	Helicopter deck only, may carry helicopters up to the size of MH-53E^[source]
Country of origin	France^[source]	Japan^[source]
Manufacturer	Naval Group, Ateliers et Chantiers de France, Cockatoo Docks & Engineering Company, Brest Arsenal^[source]	—
Builders	—	Hitachi Shipbuilding Corporation , Maizuru Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries , Tokyo^[source]
Preceded by	—	Sagami class^[source]
Planned	—	3^[source]

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Durance-class tanker

Towada-class replenishment ship

Power

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

2 × Mitsui 16V42M-A diesel engines 26,000 shp (19,388 kW) each 2 × shafts^[source]

Name

Durance class^[source]

—

Operators

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

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force^[source]

Succeeded by

Jacques Chevallier class^[source]

Mashū class^[source]

Subclasses

Boraida class^[source]

—

Built

1973–1990^[source]

—

Completed

Active

Retired

—

Type

Replenishment oiler^[source]

Fast combat support ship^[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]

—

Aviation facilities

Medium helicopter pad^[source]

Helicopter deck only, may carry helicopters up to the size of MH-53E^[source]

Country of origin

France^[source]

Japan^[source]

Manufacturer

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

—

Builders

—

Hitachi Shipbuilding Corporation , Maizuru Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries , Tokyo^[source]

Preceded by

—

Sagami class^[source]

Planned

—

3^[source]