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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 1 of 1
Type 22 frigatelarger figure on 0 of 1
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
Length
Single source130.2 m (427 ft 2 in)[source]
Batch 1
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | German tanker Spessart | Type 22 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] | — |
| Launched | 13 February 1975[source] |
Batch 2
Single sourceBatch 3
Single sourceBatch 1: 131.2 m (430 ft) Batch 2: 146.5 m (481 ft) Batch 3: 148.1 m (486 ft)[source]
Displacement
Single source14,396 t (14,169 long tons )[source]
Batch 1
Single sourcestandard Batch 2
Single sourcestandard Batch 3 standard
Single sourceBatch 1: 4,500 tonnes , standard Batch 2: 4,800 tonnes, standard Batch 3: 5,300 tonnes, standard[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]
1 MaK 12-cylinder diesel engine
Single source1 MaK 12-cylinder diesel engine 5,880 kW (7,890 hp )[source]
Batch 1 plus Boxer , Beaver , London , Sheffield & Coventry : 2-shaft COGOG 2 Rolls-Royce Marine Olympus TM3B high-speed gas turbines: 54,000 shp (40 MW) 2 Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1C cruise gas turbines: 9,700 shp (7.2 MW) Batch 2, Brave & Batch 3: 2-shaft COGAG ( Brave remained COGOG) 2 Rolls-Royce Marine Spey SM1A boost gas turbines: 37,400 shp (27.9 MW) 2 Rolls-Royce Tyne RM3C cruise gas turbines: 9,700 shp (7.2 MW)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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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] | — |
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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 | United Kingdom[source] United Kingdom[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 | — | Yarrow (Shipbuilders) Ltd , Cammell Laird , Swan Hunter[source] |
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| Operators | — | Royal Navy (former operator) Brazilian Navy Romanian Naval Forces Chilean Navy[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | Type 21[source] |
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| Succeeded by | — | Type 23 (United Kingdom) Tamandaré class (Brazil)[source] |
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| Subclasses | — | Batch 1 Broadsword Batch 2 Boxer Batch 3 Cornwall[source] |
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| In commission | — | 3 May 1979 – 30 June 2011[source] |
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| Completed | — | 14[source] |
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| Active | — | 4 (with Brazil, Romania and Chile)[source] |
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| Retired | — | 10 (3 sunk as targets)[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | — | 1 × Type 967/968 air-search radar 2 × Type 910 or 911 fire-control radars 1 × Type 1006 or 1007 navigation radar 1 × Type 2016 sonar (Batch 1 & 2) 1 × Type 2050 sonar (Batch 3) 1 × Type 2031Z towed array sonar (Batch 2 & 3) 1 × Type 162M bottom target classification sonar 1 × Type 2008 underwater comms system[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | NATO Seagnat decoy launchers[source] |
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| Armament | — | Batch 1 and 2 : 2 × Sextuple Sea Wolf anti-air missile launchers 4 × Exocet MM-38 anti-ship missile launchers 2 × triple STWS-2 tubes for Mk.46 or Stingray anti-submarine torpedoes 2 × 40mm Bofors guns 2 × 20 mm GAM-BO1 guns L7A2 GPMGs M134 Miniguns Batch 3 : 2 × Sextuple Sea Wolf anti-air missile launchers 2 × quad Harpoon anti-ship missile launchers 2 × triple STWS-2 tubes for Mk.46 or Stingray anti-submarine torpedoes 1 × 4.5-inch (113 mm) Mk.8 gun 1 × 30mm Goalkeeper CIWS 2 × 30mm DS30B guns or 2 × 20 mm GAM-BO1 guns L7A2 GPMGs M134 Miniguns[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | — | 1 or 2 × Westland Lynx helicopters , armed with: 2 × L7A2 GPMGs machine guns, and 4 × Sea Skua anti-ship missiles, or 2 × Sting Ray anti-submarine torpedoes Brave onwards capable of handling 1 × Sea King or Merlin helicopter.[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | — | Flight deck and hangar[source] |
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