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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 2 of 4
Kolkata-class destroyerlarger figure on 2 of 4
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Length
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| Specification | German tanker Spessart | Kolkata-class destroyer |
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| Name | Spessart[source] | Kolkata class[source] |
| Namesake | Spessart[source] | — |
| Owner | Deutsche Marine[source] | — |
| Port of registry | Hamburg , Germany[source] | — |
| Builder | Kröger , Rendsburg[source] | — |
| Launched |
163 m (534 ft 9 in)[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 destroyer[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 | India[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 | — | Mazagon Dock Limited[source] |
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| Operators | — | Indian Navy[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | Delhi class[source] |
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| Succeeded by | — | Visakhapatnam class[source] |
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| Cost | — | ₹ 11,662 crore (equivalent to ₹ 190 billion or US$1.9 billion in 2023) for three ships (FY 2014) ₹ 3,887 crore (equivalent to ₹ 62 billion or US$640 million in 2023) per ship (FY 2014)[source] |
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| Built | — | 2003–2015[source] |
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| In commission | — | 2014–present[source] |
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| Planned | — |
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| Completed | — |
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| Active | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | — | Radar :- IAI EL/M-2248 MF-STAR S-band AESA multi-function radar Thales LW-08 D-band air search radar Indra - TASL Lanza-N L-band air surveillance radar (INS Kolkata) Garpun Bal (3TS-25E) radar Sonar :- BEL HUMSA-NG bow sonar BEL Nagin active towed array sonar Combat Suite :- BEL EMCCA Mk4 combat management system[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | BEL Ellora electronic support measures Decoys :- 4 × Kavach decoy launchers 2 × Maareech torpedo-countermeasure systems[source] |
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| Armament | — | Anti-air warfare :- 4 × 8-cell VLS , for a total of 32 Barak 8 surface-to-air missiles Anti-surface warfare :- 2 × 8-cell VLS, for 16 BrahMos anti-ship missiles Anti-submarine warfare :- 4 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes 2 × RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers Guns :- 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm naval gun 4 x AK-630 CIWS[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | — | 2 × Westland Sea King , Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk or HAL Dhruv helicopters[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | — | Dual Enclosed hangar[source] |
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