AWarships
French frigate Languedoc
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AWarships
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French frigate Languedoclarger figure on 2 of 4
German tanker Spessartlarger figure on 2 of 4
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Length
Single source466 ft (142.0 m)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | French frigate Languedoc | German tanker Spessart |
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| Name | Languedoc[source] | Spessart[source] |
| Namesake | Languedoc[source] | Spessart[source] |
| Builder | DCNS , Lorient[source] | Kröger , Rendsburg[source] |
| Laid down | 30 November 2011[source] | — |
| Launched |
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.
12 July 2014[source] |
13 February 1975[source] |
| Completed | October 2015[source] | — |
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| Commissioned | 4 July 2017[source] | 5 September 1977[source] |
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| Home port | Toulon[source] | Kiel , Germany[source] |
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| Identification | MMSI number : 227999400 Pennant number : D653[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 | Aquitaine -class frigate[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | Héraklès multi-purpose passive electronically scanned array radar CAPTAS-4 towed-array sonar UMS 4110 CL hull-mounted sonar[source] | — |
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| Armament | 1 × 76 mm Super Rapid gun 3 × 20 mm Narwhal remote weapon systems 16-cell SYLVER A43 VLS for Aster 15 air defense missiles 16-cell SYLVER A70 VLS for MdCN cruise missiles 8 × Exocet MM40 Block 3 anti-ship missiles (Block 3c variant entering service with the French Navy from December 2022) 2 × B-515 twin launchers for MU90 torpedoes[source] | — |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 × NH90 helicopter[source] | — |
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| Aviation facilities | Single hangar[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 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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| 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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