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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
T43-class minesweeperlarger figure on 0 of 2
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Measured figures
Length
Single source130.2 m (427 ft 2 in)[source]
Early
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | German tanker Spessart | T43-class minesweeper |
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| Name | Spessart[source] | T43 class[source] |
| Namesake | Spessart[source] | — |
| Owner | Deutsche Marine[source] | — |
| Port of registry | Hamburg , Germany[source] | — |
| Builder | Kröger , Rendsburg[source] | — |
| Launched |
Later
Single sourceEarly: 58 m (190 ft 3 in) Later: 60 m (196 ft 10 in)[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] | Minesweeper[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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| Builders | — | Multiple Soviet shipyards Gdańsk Shipyard Guangzhou Shipyard Wuchang Shipyard[source] |
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| Operators | — | Soviet Navy Albanian Naval Force Algerian National Navy Bangladesh Navy Bulgarian Navy People's Liberation Army Navy Egyptian Navy Indonesian Navy Iraqi Navy Polish Navy[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | Fugas -class minesweeper[source] |
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| Succeeded by | — | T58-class minesweeper[source] |
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| Built | — | 1948 - c. 1995[source] |
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| In commission | — | c. 1950 - present[source] |
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| Completed | — | 200+ (Soviet Union) 60+ (China) 12 (Poland)[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | — | Ball End surface search radar Neptun navigation radar Hull-mounted sonar[source] |
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| Armament | — | 2 x twin 37 mm/63 cal. guns 2 x twin 25 mm/80 cal. guns (later ships) 2 x depth charge projectors 16 x naval mines[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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