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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 3
Type 053 frigatelarger figure on 0 of 3
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Length
Single source130.2 m (427 ft 2 in)[source]
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| Specification | German tanker Spessart | Type 053 frigate |
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| Name | Spessart[source] | — |
| Namesake | Spessart[source] | — |
| Owner | Deutsche Marine[source] | — |
| Port of registry | Hamburg , Germany[source] | — |
| Builder | Kröger , Rendsburg[source] | Jiangnan Shipyard[source] |
| Launched |
103 to 112 m[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
13 February 1975[source] |
1974-1975[source] |
| Acquired | 1976[source] | — |
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| Commissioned | 5 September 1977[source] | 1975-1976[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] | 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 | China[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 | — | Hudong Shipyard Jiangnan Shipyard[source] |
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| Operators | — | People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force Royal Thai Navy Bangladesh Navy Egyptian Navy Myanmar Navy[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | Type 065 frigate (modified Riga-class design)[source] |
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| Succeeded by | — | Type 053H2G frigate in People's Liberation Army Navy Naresuan class in Royal Thai Navy[source] |
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| Subclasses | — | Type 053H Type 053H1 Type 053H2 Type 053H1Q Type 053H1G Type 053K Najim al Zafir ( Egyptian Navy Type 053H) Chao Phraya ( Royal Thai Navy Type 053H2)[source] |
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| In service | — | 1974[source] |
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| Completed | — | 14 Type 053H 9 Type 053H1 3 Type 053H2 1 Type 053H1Q 6 Type 053H1G 2 Type 053K 4 Chao Phraya ( Royal Thai Navy Type 053H2)[source] |
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| Active | — | China : 0 Bangladesh : 2 (Type 053H2) Thailand : 4 (Type 053H2) Myanmar : 2 (Type 053H1) Egypt : 0 (Excluding all reclassified Coast Guard and training ships)[source] |
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| Retired | — | 28[source] |
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| Preserved | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | — | Type 354 Radar (Eye Shield) 2D air/surface search, I-band Type 352 Radar (Square Tie) surface search fire-control, I-band Type 343 (Wasp Head) fire control radar for main gun, G/H-band Type 341 fire control radar for dual Type 76 twin 37 mm AA gun 2 x Racal RM-1290 navigation radars, I-band[source] |
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| Armament | — | Many variations amongst sub-classes[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | — | Some carry 1 helicopter : Harbin Z-9 C[source] |
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| Operator | — | China Coast Guard[source] |
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| Recommissioned | — | 2006 in China Coast Guard[source] |
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| Decommissioned | — | 2006 in PLAN[source] |
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| Reclassified | — | Coast Guard Cutter[source] |
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| Refit | — | 1996 with PLAN[source] |
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| Ice class | — | N/A[source] |
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| Boats & landing craft carried | — | 2 high speed boats[source] |
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| Notes | — | 25.6 kn[source] |
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