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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 1 of 4
Point-class sealift shiplarger figure on 3 of 4
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Length
Single source130.2 m (427 ft 2 in)[source]
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| Specification | German tanker Spessart | Point-class sealift ship |
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| Name | Spessart[source] | Point class[source] |
| Namesake | Spessart[source] | — |
| Owner | Deutsche Marine[source] | — |
| Port of registry | Hamburg , Germany[source] | — |
| Builder | Kröger , Rendsburg[source] | — |
| Launched |
193.0 m (633 ft 2 in)[source]
civilian
Single source42 (civilian)[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] | Roll-on/roll-off[source] |
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| Tonnage | 6,103 GRT 10,800 DWT[source] | 14,200 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] | 2,650 linear metres of space for vehicles 130 armoured vehicles and 60 trucks and ammunition or 8,000 tonnes of vehicles[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 | — |
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| Used by | German Navy[source]Current operator stated in the article; inventory date not specified | — |
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| Builders | — | Flensburger Schiffbau (4 ships) Harland & Wolff , Belfast (2 ships)[source] |
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| Operators | — | Foreland Shipping Ltd (formerly AWSR Ltd)[source] |
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| In service | — | 2002–present[source] |
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| Completed | — |
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| Active | — | 4 under contract with the MoD[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | — | I-band navigation radar[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | — | Can carry up to four helicopters including Chinook, Apache, Merlin and Wildcat.[source] |
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| Notes | — | Sourced from Jane's Fighting Ships 2008–2009 , p. 876[source] |
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