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French frigate Chevalier Paullarger figure on 2 of 4
German tanker Spessartlarger figure on 2 of 4
Measured figures
Length
Single source152.87 m (501 ft 7 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | French frigate Chevalier Paul | German tanker Spessart |
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| Name | Chevalier Paul[source] | Spessart[source] |
| Namesake | Chevalier Paul[source] | Spessart[source] |
| Ordered | 27 October 2000[source] | — |
| Builder | DCNS and Thales Group . Lorient shipyard[source] | Kröger , Rendsburg[source] |
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130.2 m (427 ft 2 in)[source]
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| Laid down |
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13 January 2005[source] |
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| Launched | 12 July 2006[source] | 13 February 1975[source] |
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| Commissioned | June 2009[source] | 5 September 1977[source] |
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| Home port | Toulon[source] | Kiel , Germany[source] |
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| Identification | Pennant number : D 621 MMSI number : 228722000[source] | IMO number : 7362079 MMSI number : 211211850 Callsign : DRKN Pennant number : A1442[source] |
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| Status | Active[source] | Active[source] |
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| Class & type | Horizon-class frigate[source] | — |
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| Boats & landing craft carried | EDO, 20-seat EFRC, Hurricane 733[source] | — |
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| Capacity | 32 passengers or admiral staff[source] | 11,000 m 3 (390,000 cu ft) (fuel) 400 m 3 (14,000 cu ft) (water)[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | S-1850 LRR tri-dimensional sentry radar with IFF ABF TUS 4110 CL hull sonar Tugged linear antenna with Alto torpedo detector[source] | — |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | Radar jammer Communication jammer NGDS system (2 decoy launchers, REM, RIR, LAD) Contralto system (2 acoustic decoy launchers).[source] | — |
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| Armament | Anti-air; 1 × PAAMS (48 × Aster 15 or 30 anti-air missiles in SYLVER A50 VLS.) For but not with: [1 × Sadral launcher with 6 Mistral missiles] space on starboard roof of hangar Anti-ship; 8 × Exocet MM40 Block 3 anti-ship missiles (Block 3c variant entering service with the French Navy from December 2022) Anti-submarine; 2 × MU90 torpedo tubes Guns; 2 × Otobreda 76 mm super rapid guns 3 × Narwhal 20 mm remote-controlled naval gun[source] | — |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 × NH90 helicopter[source] | — |
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| Country of origin | France[source] | Germany[source]German tanker Spessart · literal inventory Origin field assigned to the exact named-ship row covered by the explicit shared Origin cell; no operator, manufacturer location or parent/sibling specification inference |
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| Used by | French Marine Nationale[source]Current operator stated in the article; inventory date not specified | German Navy[source]Current operator stated in the article; inventory date not specified |
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| Owner | — | Deutsche Marine[source] |
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| Port of registry | — | Hamburg , Germany[source] |
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| Acquired | — | 1976[source] |
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| Renamed | — | Okapi[source] |
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| Type | — | Rhön -class tanker[source] |
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| Tonnage | — | 6,103 GRT 10,800 DWT[source] |
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| Propulsion | — | 1 shaft, controllable pitch propeller[source] |
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