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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
Nilgiri-class frigate (2019)larger figure on 2 of 4
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| Specification | German tanker Spessart | Nilgiri-class frigate (2019) |
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| Name | Spessart[source] | Nilgiri class[source] |
| Namesake | Spessart[source] | — |
| Owner | Deutsche Marine[source] | — |
| Port of registry | Hamburg , Germany[source] | — |
| Builder | Kröger , Rendsburg[source] | — |
149 m (488 ft 10 in)[source]
1 MaK 12-cylinder diesel engine
Single source1 MaK 12-cylinder diesel engine 5,880 kW (7,890 hp )[source]
2 × HAL - General Electric LM2500 + ( each) 2 × MAN Diesel 12V28/33D STC (
Single sourceeach
Single source2 × HAL - General Electric LM2500 + (30,200 kW each) 2 × MAN Diesel 12V28/33D STC (6,000 kW each)[source]
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| Launched |
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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] | CODOG[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 | — | Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders[source] |
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| Operators | — | Indian Navy[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | Shivalik class[source] |
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| Succeeded by | — | Project 17B class[source] |
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| Cost | — | ₹ 4,000 crore (equivalent to ₹ 47 billion or US$490 million in 2023) per frigate (Estimated) ₹ 45,000 crore (equivalent to ₹ 530 billion or US$5.5 billion in 2023) (Total deal)[source] |
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| Built | — | 2017 – 2026[source] |
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| In commission | — | 2025 – present[source] |
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| Planned | — |
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| Building | — |
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| Completed | — |
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| Active | — |
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| Depth | — | 9.9 m (32 ft 6 in)[source] |
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| Boats & landing craft carried | — | 2 × RHIB[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | — | Radar :- IAI - BEL EL/M-2248 MF-STAR S-Band AESA radar Indra - TASL Lanza-N L-band air surveillance radar Sonar :- BEL HUMSA-NG active/passive sonar Combat Suite :- "Combat Management System" (CMS-17A)[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | DRDO "Shakti" EW suite (equipped with ESM / ECM and "Radar Finger Printing System" (RFPS)) Decoys :- 4 × Kavach decoy launchers 2 × NSTL Maareech torpedo-countermeasure systems[source] |
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| Armament | — | Anti-air warfare :- 4 × 8-cell VLS , for 32 Barak 8 surface-to-air missiles Anti-surface warfare :- 1 × 8-cell VLS , for 8 BrahMos anti-ship missiles Anti-submarine warfare :- 2 × triple-tube torpedo launchers for Torpedo Advanced Light Shyena 2 × RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers (72 rockets) Guns :- 1 × BHEL - OTO Melara 76 mm Strales naval gun 2 × AK-630 M CIWS Multiple OFT 12.7 mm M2 Stabilized Remote Controlled Gun[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | — | 1 × HAL Dhruv (or) Sea King Mk. 42B helicopters[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | — | Enclosed helicopter hangar capable of accommodating one multi-role helicopters.[source] |
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| Notes | — | First major class of Indian-designed warships to be built using integrated modular construction .[source] |
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