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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 5
Rover-class tankerlarger figure on 3 of 5
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| Specification | German tanker Spessart | Rover-class tanker |
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| Name | Spessart[source] | — |
| Namesake | Spessart[source] | — |
| Owner | Deutsche Marine[source] | — |
| Port of registry | Hamburg , Germany[source] | — |
| Builder | Kröger , Rendsburg[source] | — |
| Launched | 13 February 1975[source] |
461 ft (141 m)[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] | Tanker[source] |
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| Tonnage | 6,103 GRT 10,800 DWT[source] | 6,692 t 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] | 3,000 m 3 (19,000 bbl) of fuel[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 | — | Swan Hunter[source] |
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| Operators | — | Royal Fleet Auxiliary Indonesian Navy Portuguese Navy[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | Dale class[source] |
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| Succeeded by | — | Tide class[source] |
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| Built | — | 1968–1974[source] |
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| In commission | — | 1970–2017 (RFA)[source] |
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| Completed | — |
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| Active | — |
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| Retired | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | — | Sperry Marine Visionmaster radars and ECDIS. 1690 I band navigation radars[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | 2 × Corvus and 2 × Plessey Shield decoy launchers Graseby Type 182 towed torpedo decoy[source] |
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| Armament | — | 2 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon 2 × 7.62 mm machine guns[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | — | Helicopter deck (no hangar)[source] |
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| National origin | — | United Kingdom[source] |
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