German tanker Spessart vs Type 053H3 frigate

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German tanker Spessart — licensed reference photograph

AWarships

German tanker Spessart

Rhön -class tanker

Credit

Petty Officer 2nd Class AMANDA KITCHNER · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified

Type 053H3 frigate — licensed reference photograph

BWarships

Type 053H3 frigate

Frigate

Credit

SteKrueBe · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

German tanker SpessartLength

130.2 m

Length source ↗

Type 053H3 frigateLength

112 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

German tanker Spessartlarger figure on 3 of 4

Length+16%
Beam+56%
Draught+102%

Type 053H3 frigatelarger figure on 1 of 4

Speed+73%

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

11 of 40 rows sourced on both sides

130m

112m

Length+16%

All recorded figures & sources

130.2 m

Length

Single source

130.2 m (427 ft 2 in)^[source]

112 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

German tanker Spessart and Type 053H3 frigate configuration
Specification	German tanker Spessart	Type 053H3 frigate
Name	Spessart^[source]	Type 053H3^[source]
Namesake	Spessart^[source]	—
Owner	Deutsche Marine^[source]	—
Port of registry	Hamburg , Germany^[source]	—
Builder	Kröger , Rendsburg^[source]	—
Launched

Acquired	1976^[source]	—

Commissioned	5 September 1977^[source]	—

Renamed	Okapi^[source]	—

Home port	Kiel , Germany^[source]	—

Identification	IMO number : 7362079 MMSI number : 211211850 Callsign : DRKN Pennant number : A1442^[source]	—

Status	Active^[source]	—

Type	Rhön -class tanker^[source]	Frigate^[source]

Tonnage	6,103 GRT 10,800 DWT^[source]	—

Propulsion	1 shaft, controllable pitch propeller^[source]	—

Capacity	11,000 m 3 (390,000 cu ft) (fuel) 400 m 3 (14,000 cu ft) (water)^[source]	—

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	People's Republic of China^[source]

Used by	German Navy^[source]Current operator stated in the article; inventory date not specified	—

Operators	—	People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force Bangladesh Navy^[source]

Preceded by	—	Type 053H2G^[source]

Succeeded by	—	Type 054^[source]

Subclasses	—	Zulfiquar class ( Pakistan Navy )^[source]

Planned	—	10^[source]

Completed	—	10^[source]

Active	—	8 (PLAN Surface Force) 2 (Bangladesh Navy)^[source]

Endurance	—	21^[source]

Sensors & processing systems	—	Type 360 Radar (SR60) surface search, E/F band Type 517H-1 (Knife Rest) 2D long-range air search, A-band Type 345 Radar (MR35) HQ-7 surface-to-air missile fire-control, J-band Type 352 Radar (Square Tie) surface search and SSM fire control, I-band Type 343GA (Wasp Head) fire control radar for main gun, G/H-band 2 × Type 347G/EFR-1 (Rice Lamp) dual 37 mm AA gun fire control, I-band 2 × Racal RM-1290 navigation radar, I-band^[source]

Electronic warfare & decoys	—	Data link : HN-900 (Chinese equivalent of Link 11 A/B, to be upgraded) Communication : SNTI-240 SATCOM Combat Data System: ZKJ-3C RWD-8 (Jug Pair) intercept Type 981-3 EW Jammer SR-210 Radar warning receiver Type 651A IFF 2 × Type 946/PJ-46 15-barrel decoy rocket launchers^[source]

Armament	—	8 × YJ-83 SSM in 2 x 4-cell box launchers 1 × 8-cell HQ-7 surface-to-air missile system (replaced with 1 x 8-cell HQ-10 on PLA ships) 1 × H/PJ-33B dual 100 mm gun (automatic) 4 × Type 76A dual 37 mm AA guns (replaced with 2 x Type 630 30mm guns on PLA ships) 2 × 6-tube Type 3200 ASW rocket launchers (36 rockets) 2 × DC racks & launcher^[source]