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German frigate Hessenlarger figure on 2 of 5
German tanker Spessartlarger figure on 3 of 5
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
Length
Single source143 m (469 ft 2 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | German frigate Hessen | German tanker Spessart |
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| Name | Hessen[source] | Spessart[source] |
| Builder | Nordseewerke , Emden[source] | Kröger , Rendsburg[source] |
| Laid down | 14 September 2001[source] | — |
| Launched | 26 July 2003[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.
21 April 2006[source] |
5 September 1977[source] |
| Identification | Pennant number : F221 MMSI number : 211906000 Call sign : DRAC[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 | Sachsen -class frigate[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | 1 Thales Nederland SMART-L long-range air and surface surveillance radar ( D band ) 1 Thales Nederland APAR air and surface search, tracking and guidance radar ( I band ) 1 Thales Nederland Sirius IRST long-range infrared surveillance and tracking system ( fitted for but not with ) 2 STN Atlas 9600-M multi-function I / J band ARPA radars 1 STN Atlas MSP 500 electro-optical fire control system 1 STN Atlas DSQS-24B bow sonar[source] | — |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | 1 FL 1800 S II ECM suite 6 Sippican Hycor SRBOC launcher[source] | — |
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| Armament | 1 OTO-Melara 76 mm dual-purpose gun 2 Mauser MLG 27 27 mm autocannons 1 MK. 41 VLS Tactical with 32 cells for 24 SM-2 Block IIIA and 32 RIM-162 ESSM (quad-packs per cell) surface-to-air missiles 2 RAM launchers with 21 surface-to-air/ CIWS -missiles each 2 quadruple Harpoon anti-ship missile launchers 2 triple torpedo launchers with EuroTorp MU90 Impact torpedoes[source] | — |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 Sea Lynx Mk.88A or 2 NH90 helicopters equipped with torpedoes, air-to-surface missiles Sea Skua , and/or heavy machine gun.[source] | — |
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| Country of origin | Germany[source]German frigate Hessen · Origin cell explicitly spans the exact named-ship row in the current inventory; not inherited from a separate class specification | 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 | German 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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| Namesake | — | Spessart[source] |
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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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| Home port | — | Kiel , Germany[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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