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German tanker Spessartlarger figure on 2 of 2
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Configuration
| Specification | German tanker Spessart | Miguel Malvar-class frigate |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Spessart[source] | Miguel Malvar 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] | Guided Missile 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] | — |
| 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 | — |
| Used by | German Navy[source]Current operator stated in the article; inventory date not specified | — |
| Builders | — | Hyundai Heavy Industries[source] |
| Operators | — | Philippine Navy[source] |
| Preceded by | — | Jose Rizal class[source] |
| Cost | — | PH₱ 12.5 billion (~ US$ 250M) per ship-platform (in 2021 December contract signing phase) PHP 1.5B (~ USD 30M) initial ammo per ship (not yet contracted)[source] |
| Built | — | 2023–2026[source] |
| In commission | — | 2025–present[source] |
| Planned | — | |
| Building | — | |
| Completed | — | |
| Active | — | |
| Depth | — | 7.2 m (23 ft 7 in)[source] |
| Endurance | — | 20 days[source] |
| Boats & landing craft carried | — | 2 x 7.2m RHIBs in port and starboard boat bays[source] |
| Sensors & processing systems | — | Search radar: EL/M-2258 ALPHA S-band 3D AESA multifunction radar Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) System Navigation radar: Hensoldt SharpEye I-band & E/F-band radars Fire control radar: Leonardo NA-25X fire control radar Electro-Optical Tracking System: Safran PASEO XLR electro-optical Tactical Data Link: Hanwha Systems Link P (Link K Derivative) Sonar: Harris Model 997 medium frequency active/passive hull mounted sonar[source] |
| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | SIGINT/ESM Suite: Elbit Elisra Aquamarine R-ESM (Radar-Electronic Support Measures) Elbit Elisra Aquamarine C-ESM (communications - electronic support measures) Countermeasures Dispensing System: 2 × C-Guard DL-12T mortar-type decoy launchers by Terma A/S[source] |
| Armament | — | Missiles 16-cell Vertical Launching System for 16 x MBDA VL MICA ship-to-air missiles 8 × C-Star SSM-710K antiship cruise missiles in quad configuration Torpedoes 2 × SEA triple-tube torpedo launching systems for K745 Blue Shark torpedoes Guns 1 × 76mm Oto Melara Super Rapid 1 × Aselsan GOKDENIZ 100/35 CIWS 4 × K6 (12.7mm) 50cal heavy machine gun[source] |
| Aircraft carried | — | 1 × AW159 Wildcat multi-role naval helicopter, with: K745 Blue Shark torpedoes FLASH compact dipping sonar Sonobuoys Spike NLOS missiles Seaspray 7400E AESA X-band MX-15Di EOIR cameras 2 × pintle-mounted machine guns[source] |
| Aviation facilities | — | flight deck and starboard-side hangar for a 12-ton helicopter[source] |
| Role | — | class of frigates[source] |
| Source measurement | — | an Oto Melara 76mm Super Rapid naval gun, carried over for commonality with other existing ships;[source]Miguel Malvar-class frigate · Development / Concept design; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage one or two 30mm secondary naval guns: Rafael Typhoon , or BAE Systems Mk.38 Mk.3 , or Aselsan SMASH , or MSI Defence DS30 , all of which are already in service with the Philippine Navy;[source]Miguel Malvar-class frigate · Development / Concept design; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage at least four manually operated 12.7mm heavy machine guns ;[source]Miguel Malvar-class frigate · Development / Concept design; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage The benchmark HDC-3100 has a length of 116 meters, a breadth of 14.8 meters, and a displacement of 3,100 tons, and will have a Combined Diesel and Diesel (CODAD) propulsion configuration allowing a maximum speed in excess of 25 knots and a range of up to 4,500 nautical miles.[source]Miguel Malvar-class frigate · Development / HHI HDC-3100 design; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage It has space for a 76 mm primary naval gun in A position, a 16-cell VLS (with space for 16 more) behind the primary naval gun, torpedo launchers on both port and starboard sides, and a gun-based close-in weapon system above the helicopter hangar. Aside from the CIWS, there is no more small-caliber secondary gun as previously expected.[source]Miguel Malvar-class frigate · Development / HHI HDC-3100 design; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) Elta Systems was awarded a contract to supply the new corvettes with their ELM-2258 Advanced Lightweight Phased Array (ALPHA) 3D active electronically scanned array (AESA) air/surface search radar system. The ELM-2258 ALPHA can provide 360° radar coverage, and can track low-flying targets within a range of 25 kilometers and high-flying ones within a range of 250 kilometers in complex environments.[source]Miguel Malvar-class frigate · Development / Confirmed subsystems; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage Hensoldt UK was awarded a contract to supply Mk11 SharpEye navigation radars for HHI's Philippine Navy ship projects. The radars will be fitted on both the 3,200-ton corvettes and the 2,400-ton offshore patrol vessels currently being developed and constructed by HHI for the Philippine Navy. These radars will provide navigation and surface search capabilities for the vessels.[source]Miguel Malvar-class frigate · Development / Confirmed subsystems; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage On 29 December 2025, HD Hyundai Heavy Industries announced they will be supplying the Philippine Navy with two additional 3,200-ton frigates. Delivery is planned for 2029. South Korea's Hanwha Systems was awarded a KRW40 billion (approx US$27.7 million) contract to supply Combat Management Systems and Tactical Data Links for the two new frigates.[source]Miguel Malvar-class frigate · Development / Additional Order/MMCF Flight II; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage |