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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 3 of 4
SAS Mendilarger figure on 1 of 4
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Length
Single source130.2 m (427 ft 2 in)[source]
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| Specification | German tanker Spessart | SAS Mendi |
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| Name | Spessart[source] | SAS Mendi[source] |
| Namesake | Spessart[source] | SS Mendi[source] |
| Owner | Deutsche Marine[source] | — |
| Port of registry | Hamburg , Germany[source] | — |
| Builder | Kröger , Rendsburg[source] |
121 m (397 ft)[source]
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Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft , Kiel[source] |
| Launched | 13 February 1975[source] | October 2003[source] |
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| Acquired | 1976[source] | — |
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| Commissioned | 5 September 1977[source] | 20 March 2007[source] |
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| Renamed | Okapi[source] | — |
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| Home port | Kiel , Germany[source] | Simonstown[source] |
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| Identification | IMO number : 7362079 MMSI number : 211211850 Callsign : DRKN Pennant number : A1442[source] | F148[source] |
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| Status | Active[source] | 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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| Ordered | — | 3 December 1999[source] |
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| Laid down | — | 28 June 2002[source] |
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| Class & type | — | Valour-class frigate[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | — | Surveillance Radar : Thales Naval France MRR-3D NG G-band multi-role radar Optical Radar Tracker : 2 Reutech RTS 6400 monopulse X-band (I/J bands) combined radar and optronics trackers Electro-optical Tracker : Reutech Electro-optical tracker Identification Friend or Foe : Tellumat Integrated Naval IFF system Target Designation Sights : M-Tek Target Designation Sights Sonar : Thales UMS4132 Kingklip sonar Obstacle avoidance sonar : MDS 3060[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | ESM/ECM : Saab Grintek Avitronics SME 100/200 ESM (Intercept and Jammer) & ELINT Decoys : 2 Saab Grintek Avitronics MRL Super Barricade chaff launchers (96 decoys)[source] |
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| Armament | — | 1 × Otobreda 76 mm gun 1 × twin-barreled 35 mm (Denel) dual-purpose gun 2 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon Mk1 8 × MBDA MM40 Exocet Block 2 SSM (2 × 4-cell launchers) 16 × Umkhonto SAM (2 × 8-cell vertical launchers)[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | — | 1 × SuperLynx 300 (can carry 2)[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | — | Flight deck Enclosed hangar[source] |
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