Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate vs German tanker Spessart

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Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate — licensed reference photograph

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Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate

Multi-role frigate

Credit

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German tanker Spessart — licensed reference photograph

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German tanker Spessart

Rhön -class tanker

Credit

Petty Officer 2nd Class AMANDA KITCHNER · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified

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Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Fridtjof Nansen-class frigateLength

134 m

Length source ↗

German tanker SpessartLength

130.2 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Fridtjof Nansen-class frigatelarger figure on 1 of 2

Length+3%

German tanker Spessartlarger figure on 1 of 2

Beam+15%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

11 of 40 rows sourced on both sides

134m

130m

Length+3%

All recorded figures & sources

134 m

Length

Single source

134 m (439 ft 8 in)^[source]

130.2 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate and German tanker Spessart configuration
Specification	Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate	German tanker Spessart
Name	Fridtjof Nansen class^[source]	Spessart^[source]
Builders	Navantia , Ferrol, Spain^[source]	—
Operators	Royal Norwegian Navy^[source]	—
Preceded by	Oslo class^[source]	—
Succeeded by	Type 26 frigate^[source]	—

Cost	NOK 21 billion (2003) for 5 units (est.) NOK 4.2 billion (2003) per unit (est.) USD 489 million per unit (est.)^[source]	—

In commission	2006-present^[source]	—

Completed	5^[source]	—

Active	4^[source]	—

Lost	1 ( Helge Ingstad )^[source]	—

Retired	1 ( Helge Ingstad )^[source]	—

Type	Multi-role frigate^[source]	Rhön -class tanker^[source]

Sensors & processing systems	Lockheed Martin AN/SPY-1 F 3D multifunction radar Reutech RSR 210N air/sea surveillance radar Sagem Vigy 20 Electro Optical Director Kongsberg MSI 2005F ASW combat system MRS 2000 hull mounted sonar Captas MK II V1 active/passive towed array sonar 2 × Mark 82 AN/SPG-62 fire-control radar^[source]	—

Electronic warfare & decoys	Condor CS-3701 ECM:/ESM: suite Terma DL-12T decoy launcher Loki torpedo countermeasure^[source]	—

Armament	1 or 2 × 8-cell Mk 41 VLS (32 × RIM-162 ESSM ) 8 × Naval Strike Missile SSMs 4 × torpedo tubes for Sting Ray torpedoes Depth charges 1 × 76 mm OTO Melara Super Rapid gun 3 × 12.7 mm Browning M2HB machine gun in Sea Protector mounts 2 × 7.62mm MG 3 machine gun Capabilities for other weapons 2 × LRAD Long Range Acoustic Device^[source]	—

Aircraft carried	1 × medium-sized ASW helicopter^[source]	—

Country of origin	Spain^[source] Norway^[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

Country of origin

Spain^[source]

Norway^[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