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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 4
Niterói-class frigatelarger figure on 0 of 4
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Length
Single source130.2 m (427 ft 2 in)[source]
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| Specification | German tanker Spessart | Niterói-class frigate |
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| Name | Spessart[source] | Niterói class, Mk10[source] |
| Namesake | Spessart[source] | — |
| Owner | Deutsche Marine[source] | — |
| Port of registry | Hamburg , Germany[source] | — |
| Builder | Kröger , Rendsburg[source] | — |
| Launched |
129.2 m (423 ft 11 in)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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] | 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 | United Kingdom[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 | — | Vosper Thornycroft Rio de Janeiro Navy Arsenal[source] |
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| Operators | — | Brazilian Navy[source] |
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| Succeeded by | — | Tamandaré class[source] |
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| Built | — | 1972–1986[source] |
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| In commission | — | 1976–present[source] |
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| Completed | — |
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| Active | — |
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| Retired | — |
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| Endurance | — | 45 days[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | — | Modernized; Alenia RAN-20S air search radar Terma Scanter surface search radar Orion RTN-30X fire control radar Saab EOS-400 optronic director Krupp Atlas EDO-610E hull mounted sonar SICONTA Mk 2 C3I system[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | Modernized; Cutlass B1W ESM ET/SQL-1 ECM 12 × 102 mm decoy launchers[source] |
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| Armament | — | Modernized; 1 × Albatros launcher for 8 Aspide surface-to-air missiles 1 × 113 mm Mark 8 gun 2 × Bofors 40 mm guns 2 × twin launchers for Exocet anti-ship missiles 2 × triple torpedo tubes for Mark 46 torpedoes 1 × double-barrel Bofors Boroc anti-submarine rockets[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | — | Westland Super Lynx Mk.21B helicopter[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | — | Helipad and hangar[source] |
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