German tanker Spessart vs Sa'ar 6-class corvette

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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

Sa'ar 6-class corvette — licensed reference photograph

BWarships

Sa'ar 6-class corvette

Corvette

Credit

IDF Spokesperson's Unit photographer · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

German tanker SpessartLength

130.2 m

Length source ↗

Sa'ar 6-class corvetteLength

90 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

German tanker Spessartlarger figure on 1 of 1

Length+45%

Sa'ar 6-class corvettelarger figure on 0 of 1

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Measured figures

Head to head

10 of 39 rows sourced on both sides

130m

90m

Length+45%

All recorded figures & sources

130.2 m

Length

Single source

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

90 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

German tanker Spessart and Sa'ar 6-class corvette configuration
Specification	German tanker Spessart	Sa'ar 6-class corvette
Name	Spessart^[source]	Sa'ar 6 class^[source]
Namesake	Spessart^[source]	—
Owner	Deutsche Marine^[source]	—
Port of registry	Hamburg , Germany^[source]	—
Builder	Kröger , Rendsburg^[source]	—
Launched

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]	Corvette^[source]

Tonnage	6,103 GRT 10,800 DWT^[source]	—

Propulsion	1 shaft, controllable pitch propeller^[source]	דיזל במבנה של CODAD^[source]Diesel propulsion arrangement ארבעה מנועי דיזל מדגם MTU 16V 4000 M93L בעלי הספק של 3,440 קילוואט כל אחד^[source]Engines and source-stated power per engine

Propulsion

1 shaft, controllable pitch propeller^[source]

דיזל במבנה של CODAD^[source]Diesel propulsion arrangement

ארבעה מנועי דיזל מדגם MTU 16V 4000 M93L בעלי הספק של 3,440 קילוואט כל אחד^[source]Engines and source-stated power per engine

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	Israel^[source] Israel^[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

Israel^[source]

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

Operators	—	Israeli Navy^[source]

Preceded by	—	Sa'ar 5 class^[source]

Cost	—	NI₪ 1.8 billion ( US$ 557 million) for 4 ships (2015 est.)^[source]

Built	—	2018–2023^[source]

In commission	—	2023–present^[source]

Completed	—	4^[source]

Active	—	4^[source]

Sensors & processing systems	—	EL/M-2248 MF-STAR AESA radar^[source]

Electronic warfare & decoys	—	C-GEM RF Active Decoy^[source]

Armament	—	1 × Oto Melara 76 mm main gun 2 × Typhoon Weapon Stations 16 vertical launch cells for Barak MX LR surface-to-air missiles 40 launch cells for C-Dome point defense system 8 Gabriel V anti-ship missile Harpoon (missile) Block II sea-to-sea missiles 2 × 324 mm (12.76 in) torpedo launchers 1 MH-60 Seahawk multi-mission helicopter^[source]