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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
Talwar-class frigatelarger figure on 1 of 4
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Length
Single source130.2 m (427 ft 2 in)[source]
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Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | German tanker Spessart | Talwar-class frigate |
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| Name | Spessart[source] | Talwar class[source] |
| Namesake | Spessart[source] | — |
| Owner | Deutsche Marine[source] | — |
| Port of registry | Hamburg , Germany[source] | — |
| Builder | Kröger , Rendsburg[source] | — |
| Launched |
124.8 m (409 ft 5 in)[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 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Single sourceat 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Single source4,850 mi (4,210 nmi; 7,810 km) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph) 1,600 mi (1,400 nmi; 2,600 km) at 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)[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] | Guided missile frigate[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 | Soviet Union[source] |
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| Used by | German Navy[source]Current operator stated in the article; inventory date not specified | — |
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| Builders | — | Baltiysky Zavod Yantar Shipyard Goa Shipyard[source] |
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| Operators | — | Indian Navy[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | Brahmaputra class[source] |
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| Succeeded by | — | Shivalik class[source] |
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| Subclasses | — | Admiral Grigorovich class[source] |
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| Cost | — | $1.9 billion for 4 ships (2024 estimate, $475 million per ship)[source] |
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| Planned | — | 10[source] |
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| Building | — |
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| Completed | — |
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| Active | — |
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| Endurance | — | 30 days[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | — | Combat Management System - Trebovaniye-M 1 × 3Ts-25E Garpun-B I-band surface search radar 1 × MR-212/201-1 I-band navigation radar 1 × Kelvin Hughes Nucleus-2 6000A radar 1 × Ladoga-ME-11356 intertial navigation and stabilisation 1 × Fregat M2EM E-band 3D circular scan radar 1 × Ratep JSC 5P-10E Puma fire-control system (for 100mm A-190E ) 1 × 3R14N-11356 fire-control system FCS (F40, F43, F45; for Klub ) 4 × MR-90 Orekh fire-control system (for Shtil-1 ) BEL HUMSA (Hull Mounted Sonar Array) (Batch 1 & 2) BEL HUMSA NG (Hull Mounted Sonar Array) (Batch 3 & 4)[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | 1 × TK-25E-5 EWS 1 × DRDO Shakti EWS (from Batch-IV) Decoys :- 1 × PK-10 ship-borne decoy launching systems 4 × KT-216 decoy launchers[source] |
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| Armament | — | See Armaments[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | — | 1 × Ka-28 (or) Ka-31 (or) HAL Dhruv[source] |
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