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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 4 of 6
La Fayette-class frigatelarger figure on 2 of 6
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Measured figures
at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Single source3,250 nmi (6,020 km; 3,740 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)[source]
at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Single sourceat 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Single source4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) 9,000 nmi (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)[source]
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Configuration
| Specification | German tanker Spessart | La Fayette-class frigate |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Spessart[source] | La Fayette class[source] |
| Namesake | Spessart[source] | — |
| Owner | Deutsche Marine[source] | — |
| Port of registry | Hamburg , Germany[source] | — |
| Builder | Kröger , Rendsburg[source] | — |
| Launched | 13 February 1975[source] | — |
| Acquired | 1976[source] | — |
| Commissioned | 5 September 1977[source] | — |
| Renamed | Okapi[source] | — |
| Home port | Kiel , Germany[source] | — |
| Identification | IMO number : 7362079 MMSI number : 211211850 Callsign : DRKN Pennant number : A1442[source] | — |
| Status | Active[source] | — |
| Type | Rhön -class tanker[source] | General purpose frigate[source] |
| Tonnage | 6,103 GRT 10,800 DWT[source] | — |
| Propulsion | 1 shaft, controllable pitch propeller[source] | — |
| Capacity | 11,000 m 3 (390,000 cu ft) (fuel) 400 m 3 (14,000 cu ft) (water)[source] | 350 t (340 long tons; 390 short tons) of fuel, 80 m 3 (2,800 cu ft) of kerosene, 60 t (59 long tons; 66 short tons) of potable water[source] |
| 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 | France[source] |
| Used by | German Navy[source]Current operator stated in the article; inventory date not specified | — |
| Builders | — | DCNS[source] |
| Operators | — | French Navy Royal Saudi Navy Republic of China Navy Republic of Singapore Navy[source] |
| Preceded by | — | Floréal class[source] |
| Succeeded by | — | Frégate de Défense et d'Intervention[source] |
| Subclasses | — | Al Riyadh class (Saudi Arabia) Formidable class (Singapore) Kang Ding class (Republic of China)[source] |
| In commission | — | 1996–present[source] |
| Completed | — | 20[source] |
| Active | — | 20[source] |
| Endurance | — | 50 days of food[source] |
| Boats & landing craft carried | — | 2 × ETN boats[source] |
| Sensors & processing systems | — | 1 × DRBN34 navigation radar 1 × DRBN34 landing radar 1 × Air/Surface DRBV 15C sentry radar 1 × Thales TAVITAC combat management system (fitted to Surcouf and Guépratte ) 1 × SENIT FLF combat management system (replaced previous Thales TAVITAC CMS on La Fayette , Courbet and Aconit ) 1 × firing control radar for the 100 mm gun 1 × CN2 firing control radar 1 × Saïgon ARBG 1 radio interceptor 1 × ARBR 21 radar interceptor 2 × Dagaie Mk2 AMGL-1C chaff launcher CANTO anti-torpedo countermeasures (fitted to La Fayette in 2021-22 and Aconit in 2023; to be fitted to Courbet in due course) 1 × AN/ SLQ-25 Nixie tugged noise maker 1 × Prairie-Masker noise reduction system 1 × Integrated Shipboard Communication System ISCS ( SNTI 120 ch.) 1 × SEAO/OPSMER Naval command support system 1 × Syracuse II satellite transmission system 1 × Inmarsat navigation system 1 × BlueWatcher sonar ( Surcouf only) 1 × KingKlip Mk 2 hull-mounted sonar (fitted to Courbet , La Fayette and Aconit )[source] |
| Armament | — | Guns; 1 × 100 mm TR automatic gun 2 × 20 mm modèle F2 guns Anti-ship; 8 × Exocet MM40 block II anti-ship missiles (upgraded to capacity for Block 3c variant on Courbet , La Fayette and Aconit ) CIWS; 1 × Crotale CN2 CIWS (fitted on Surcouf and Guépratte ) 2 × 6 Sadral launchers with Mistral Mk 3 SAM/SSM (replaced Crotale on Courbet , La Fayette and Aconit ) 2 x 2 manually operated Simbad/Mistral (reported fit to Surcouf in 2023)[source] |
| Armour | — | On sensitive areas (munition magazine and control centre)[source] |
| Aircraft carried | — | 1 × helicopter ( Panther or NH90 )[source] |