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Petty Officer 2nd Class AMANDA KITCHNER · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified
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German tanker Spessartlarger figure on 3 of 5
Halifax-class frigatelarger figure on 2 of 5
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Length
Single source130.2 m (427 ft 2 in)[source]
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| Specification | German tanker Spessart | Halifax-class frigate |
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| Name | Spessart[source] | Halifax class[source] |
| Namesake | Spessart[source] | — |
| Owner | Deutsche Marine[source] | — |
| Port of registry | Hamburg , Germany[source] | — |
| Builder | Kröger , Rendsburg[source] | — |
| Launched |
134.1 m (440 ft 0 in)[source]
1 MaK 12-cylinder diesel engine
Single source1 MaK 12-cylinder diesel engine 5,880 kW (7,890 hp )[source]
CODOG 2 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, generating 47,500 shp (35,400 kW) 1 × SEMT Pielstick 20PA6V280 diesel engine, generating 8,800 shp (6,600 kW) 1 × Royal de Schelde cross-connect gearbox 2 × Escher Wyss controllable pitch propellers 4 × 830 kW Hitzinger generators driven by 4 × C32 ACERT Caterpillar engines[source]
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13 February 1975[source] |
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| Acquired | 1976[source] | — |
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| Commissioned | 5 September 1977[source] | — |
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| Renamed | Okapi[source] | — |
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| Home port | Kiel , Germany[source] | — |
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| Identification | IMO number : 7362079 MMSI number : 211211850 Callsign : DRKN Pennant number : A1442[source] | — |
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| Status | Active[source] | — |
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| Type | Rhön -class tanker[source] | Guided-missile frigate[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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| Country of origin | 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 | Canada[source] |
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| Used by | German Navy[source]Current operator stated in the article; inventory date not specified | — |
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| Builders | — | Saint John Shipbuilding Ltd. , Saint John MIL Davie Shipbuilding , Lauzon[source] |
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| Operators | — | Royal Canadian Navy[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | Annapolis class[source] |
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| Succeeded by | — | River class[source] |
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| Built | — | 1987–1996[source] |
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| In commission | — | 1992–present[source] |
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| Completed | — | 12[source] |
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| Active | — | 12[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | — | Combat management system: Lockheed Martin Canada CMS 330 with integrated Saab 9LV Mk 4 elements Air/Surface search and surveillance radars: Saab Sea Giraffe AMB 3D and Thales SMART-S Mk 2 3D Fire control radar : 2 × Saab CEROS-200 Integrated platform management system: L3 MAPPS IPMS Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) System: Telephonics Mk XII Electro-optical infrared search and track system: DRS Canada and Thales Nederland Sirius Tactical data link: SATCOM Link 11 , Link 16 , Link 22 Active/Passive sonar : GDMS-Canada AN/SQS-510 hull mounted sonar Towed array sonar : GDMS-Canada TLFAS (variable depth) Sonobuoy processing system: GDMS-Canada AN/UYS-503[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | Countermeasure dispensing system: 3 × TKWA/MASS Electronic warfare suite: AN/SLQ-503 RAMSES (4 × RAMSES radomes ) Signals intelligence COMINT and SIGINT Suite: Southwest Research Institute AN/SRD-506 Electronic support measure: Elisra NS9003A-V2HC Inflatable decoy system: Surface Off-Board Passive Decoy (SOPD) Towed torpedo countermeasure: Argon ST AN/SLQ-25 Nixie[source] |
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| Armament | — | 2 × quad Mk 141 canisters for 8 × RGM-84 Harpoon block II missiles AShM/LAM 2 × 8-cell Mk 48 vertical launch system (VLS) firing 16 × RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow block II SAM/SSM 1 × Bofors 57 mm (2.2 in) Mk 3 gun 1 × Phalanx CIWS (Mk 15 Mod 21 (Block 1B)) 4 × 12.7 mm (0.50 in) M2HQ Mini Typhoon remote weapon stations 2 × twin 324 mm (12.8 in) Mk 32 torpedo tubes for 24 × Honeywell Mk 46 Mod 5 torpedoes[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | — | 1 × CH-148 Cyclone helicopter armed with: 2 × Mk 54 lightweight torpedoes 1 × C6 FLEX 7.62 mm (0.30 in) GPMG[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | — | Landing pad with recovery assist, secure and traverse system (RAST) Hangar[source] |
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| Notes | — | Government of Canada is acquiring up to six uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) to provide over the horizon situational awareness, intelligence, and targeting capabilities to the class.[source] |
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