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Durance-class tankerlarger figure on 2 of 4
Type 905 replenishment oilerlarger figure on 2 of 4
Measured figures
Length
Single source157.2 m (515 ft 9 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Durance-class tanker | Type 905 replenishment oiler |
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| Power | 2 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PC2.5 V 400 diesel engines 2 shafts, 15,000 kW (20,000 hp )[source] | 1 x Sulzer 8RL B66 diesel engine; 1 shaft; Total output: 15,000 hp (11,000 kW)[source] |
| Name | Durance class[source] | — |
| Operators | French Navy Argentine Navy Royal Saudi Navy Royal Australian Navy (retired)[source] | People's Liberation Army Navy Pakistan Navy[source] |
| Succeeded by | Jacques Chevallier class[source] | Type 908 replenishment ship |
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168.2 metres (552 ft)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Subclasses | 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] | Replenishment oiler[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | 2 × DRBN 34 radars[source] | Fin Curve navigation radar; or Racal-Decca 1290 navigation radar[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] | — |
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| Aviation facilities | Medium helicopter pad[source] | flight deck[source] |
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| Country of origin | France[source] | People's Republic of China[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 | — | Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company[source] |
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| In commission | — | 1980–present[source] |
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| Capacity | — | 10,550 tons of fuel oil , 1000 tons of diesel, 200 tons of feed water, 200 tons of drinking water[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | — | 1 medium helicopter[source] |
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