German tanker Spessart vs Petya-class frigate

German tanker Spessart — licensed reference photograph

AWarships

German tanker Spessart

Rhön -class tanker

Credit

Petty Officer 2nd Class AMANDA KITCHNER · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified

BWarships

Petya-class frigate

Frigate

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

German tanker SpessartLength

130.2 m

Length source ↗

Petya-class frigateLength

81.8 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

German tanker Spessartlarger figure on 3 of 4

Length+59%
Beam+110%
Draught+200%

Petya-class frigatelarger figure on 1 of 4

Speed+87%

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

11 of 36 rows sourced on both sides

130m

81.8m

Length+59%

All recorded figures & sources

130.2 m

Length

Single source

130.2 m (427 ft 2 in)^[source]

81.8 m

Length

Single source

81.8 m (268 ft 4 in)^[source]

19.3m

9.2m

Beam+110%

All recorded figures & sources

19.3 m

Beam

Single source

19.3 m (63 ft 4 in)^[source]

9.2 m

Beam

Single source

9.2 m (30 ft 2 in)^[source]

8.7m

2.9m

Draught+200%

All recorded figures & sources

8.7 m

Draught

Single source

8.7 m (28 ft 7 in)^[source]

2.9 m

Draught

Single source

2.9 m (9 ft 6 in)^[source]

14,396t

950 tons (standard) 1,150 tons (full load)

Displacement

All recorded figures & sources

14,396 tonnes

Displacement

Single source

14,396 t (14,169 long tons )^[source]

950 tons (standard) 1,150 tons (full load)^[source]

42civilian

Complement

All recorded figures & sources

42 people

civilian

Single source

42 (civilian)^[source]

90 people

Complement

Single source

90^[source]

30km/hMaximum; Speed

56km/hMaximum; Speed

Speed+87%

All recorded figures & sources

30 km/h

Maximum; Speed

Single source

16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)^[source]

56 km/h

Maximum; Speed

Single source

30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)^[source]

6,020kmat 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)

9,020kmat 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)

RangeScopes differ

All recorded figures & sources

6,020 km

at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)

Single source

3,250 nmi (6,020 km; 3,740 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)^[source]

9,020 km

at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)

Single source

830 km

at 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)

Single source

4,870 nautical miles (9,020 km; 5,600 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) 450 nautical miles (830 km; 520 mi) at 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)^[source]

5,880kW1 MaK 12-cylinder diesel engine

2 shaft CODAG 2 gas turbines - 30,000 hp (22,000 kW) 1 diesel - 6,000 hp (4,500 kW)

Power

All recorded figures & sources

5,880 kW

1 MaK 12-cylinder diesel engine

Single source

1 MaK 12-cylinder diesel engine 5,880 kW (7,890 hp )^[source]

2 shaft CODAG 2 gas turbines - 30,000 hp (22,000 kW) 1 diesel - 6,000 hp (4,500 kW)^[source]

Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.

Configuration

Details

German tanker Spessart and Petya-class frigate configuration
Specification	German tanker Spessart	Petya-class frigate
Name	Spessart^[source]	Petya class (Project 159)^[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]	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	Soviet Union^[source]Inventory Origin column; table 2, row 4, cell 6; revision 1377745376; retrieved 2026-09-30
Used by	German Navy^[source]Current operator stated in the article; inventory date not specified	—
Operators	—	Soviet Navy (historical) Azerbaijani Navy Egyptian Navy (former) Ethiopian Navy (former) Indian Navy (former) Syrian Navy (former) Ukrainian Navy (former) Vietnam People's Navy^[source]
Preceded by	—	Riga class^[source]
Succeeded by	—	Mirka class^[source]
Subclasses	—	Arnala -class corvettes^[source]
Completed	—	54^[source]
Active	—	6^[source]
Laid up	—	1 (uncertain)^[source]
Retired	—	48^[source]
Sensors & processing systems	—	Radar Don-2 Slim Net Hawk Screech Sonar - Herkules hull mounted & dipping sonar^[source]
Armament	—	4 76 mm (3 in) guns (2x2) 4 RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers (2 in some ships) 5 406 mm (16 in) anti-submarine torpedo tubes (10 tubes in some ships) export version had 1x3 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes^[source]

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German tanker Spessart

Petya-class frigate

Name

Spessart^[source]

Petya class (Project 159)^[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]

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

Soviet Union^[source]Inventory Origin column; table 2, row 4, cell 6; revision 1377745376; retrieved 2026-09-30

Used by

German Navy^[source]Current operator stated in the article; inventory date not specified

—

Operators

—

Soviet Navy (historical) Azerbaijani Navy Egyptian Navy (former) Ethiopian Navy (former) Indian Navy (former) Syrian Navy (former) Ukrainian Navy (former) Vietnam People's Navy^[source]

Preceded by

—

Riga class^[source]

Succeeded by

—

Mirka class^[source]

Subclasses

—

Arnala -class corvettes^[source]

Completed

—

54^[source]

Active

—

6^[source]

Laid up

—

1 (uncertain)^[source]

Retired

—

48^[source]

Sensors & processing systems

—

Radar Don-2 Slim Net Hawk Screech Sonar - Herkules hull mounted & dipping sonar^[source]

Armament

—

4 76 mm (3 in) guns (2x2) 4 RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers (2 in some ships) 5 406 mm (16 in) anti-submarine torpedo tubes (10 tubes in some ships) export version had 1x3 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes^[source]