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AWarships
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French frigate Courbetlarger figure on 1 of 5
German tanker Spessartlarger figure on 4 of 5
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
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Length
Single source125 m (410 ft 1 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | French frigate Courbet | German tanker Spessart |
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| Name | Courbet[source] | Spessart[source] |
| Namesake | Admiral Amédée Courbet[source] | Spessart[source] |
| Laid down | 15 September 1993[source] | — |
| Launched | 12 March 1994[source] | 13 February 1975[source] |
| Commissioned |
130.2 m (427 ft 2 in)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
1 April 1997[source] |
5 September 1977[source] |
| Home port | Toulon[source] | Kiel , Germany[source] |
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| Identification | MMSI number : 228731000[source] | IMO number : 7362079 MMSI number : 211211850 Callsign : DRKN Pennant number : A1442[source] |
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| Honours and awards | Flies the FNFL jack in honour of the battleship Courbet[source] | — |
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| Status | In active service[source] | Active[source] |
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| Class & type | La Fayette -class frigate[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | 1 × Air/Surface DRBV 15C sentry radar 1 x SENIT FLF combat management system (replaced previous Thales TAVITAC CMS during 2020-21 refit) 1 × firing control radar for the 100 mm gun 1 × DRBN34 navigation radar 1 × DRBN34 landing radar KingKlip Mk2 hull-mounted sonar (incorporated during 2020-21 refit)[source] | — |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | 1 × Saïgon ARBG 1 radio interceptor 1 × ARBR 21 radar interceptor 2 × Dagaie Mk2 chaff launcher 1 × AN/ SLQ-25 Nixie tugged noise maker 1 × Prairie-Masker noise reduction system 1 × Syracuse IV satellite communications 1 × Inmarsat[source] | — |
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| Armament | Anti-ship; 8 × Exocet MM40 Block 3 anti-ship missiles (Block 3c variant entering service in French Navy from December 2022) Guns; 1 × 100 mm TR automatic gun 2 × 20 mm modèle F2 guns Anti-aircraft; 2 x 6 SADRAL launchers/ MISTRAL Mk3 SAMs/SSMs (replaced previous Crotale SAM during 2020-21 refit)[source] | — |
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| Armour | On sensitive areas (munition magazine and control centre)[source] | — |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 × helicopter ( Panther or NH90 )[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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| Manufacturer | Naval Group[source] | — |
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| Used by | French Navy[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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| Builder | — | Kröger , Rendsburg[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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| Capacity | — | 11,000 m 3 (390,000 cu ft) (fuel) 400 m 3 (14,000 cu ft) (water)[source] |
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