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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 2
SAS Charlotte Maxekelarger figure on 0 of 2
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Length
Single source130.2 m (427 ft 2 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | German tanker Spessart | SAS Charlotte Maxeke |
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| Name | Spessart[source] | SAS Charlotte Maxeke[source] |
| Namesake | Spessart[source] | Charlotte Maxeke , a South African religious leader and political activist[source] |
| Owner | Deutsche Marine[source] | — |
| Port of registry | Hamburg , Germany[source] | — |
| Builder | Kröger , Rendsburg[source] |
62 m (203 ft)[source]
at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Single source3,250 nmi (6,020 km; 3,740 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)[source]
at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph), snorkeling
Single sourceat 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph), surfaced
Single sourceat 4 kn (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph), submerged
Single source11,000 nmi (20,000 km; 13,000 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph), surfaced, 8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph), snorkeling , 400 nmi (740 km; 460 mi) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph), submerged[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Kiel[source] |
| Launched | 13 February 1975[source] | 4 May 2005[source] |
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| Acquired | 1976[source] | — |
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| Commissioned | 5 September 1977[source] | 14 March 2007[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] | in active service[source] |
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| Type | Rhön -class tanker[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 | — |
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| Used by | German Navy[source]Current operator stated in the article; inventory date not specified | — |
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| Operator | — | South African Navy[source] |
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| Class & type | — | Heroine-class submarine[source] |
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| Test depth | — | 500 m (1,600 ft)[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | — | Sonar : STN Atlas CSU-90; hull mounted and flank arrays Radar : Surface search I-band Optics : Zeiss non-hull penetrating optronic mast[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | ESM : Grintek Avitronics, intercept + radar warning receiver ELINT : Saab S/UME-100 tactical electronic support measures[source] |
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| Armament | — | 8 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes , 14 AEG SUT 264 torpedoes ; optional UGM-84 Harpoon integration[source] |
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