German tanker Spessart vs Valour-class 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

BWarships

Valour-class frigate

Guided-missile frigate

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

German tanker SpessartLength

130.2 m

Length source ↗

Valour-class frigateoverall

121 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

German tanker Spessartlarger figure on 2 of 3

Beam+18%
Draught+46%

Valour-class frigatelarger figure on 1 of 3

Speed+87%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

10 of 43 rows sourced on both sides

130m

121moverall

Length

All recorded figures & sources

130.2 m

Length

Single source

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

107.3 m

at waterline

Single source

Configuration

Details

German tanker Spessart and Valour-class frigate configuration
Specification	German tanker Spessart	Valour-class frigate
Name	Spessart^[source]	Valour-class^[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]	Guided-missile 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	—

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

Builders	—	Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft , Kiel and Blohm+Voss , Hamburg^[source]

Operators	—	South African Navy^[source]

Preceded by	—	President class^[source]

Cost	—	R 9.65 billion (2007) for 4 units R 2.41 billion (2007) per unit^[source]

Built	—	2001–2002^[source]

In commission	—	2006–present^[source]

Planned	—	5^[source]

Completed	—	4^[source]

Canceled	—	1^[source]

Active	—	4^[source]

Endurance	—	28 days^[source]

Sensors & processing systems	—	Surveillance radar : Thales Naval France MRR-3D NG G-band multi-role radar Optical radar tracker : 2 Reutech RTS 6400 monopulse X band (I/J bands) combined radar and optronics trackers Electro-optical tracker : Reutech Electro-optical tracker Identification friend or foe : Tellumat Integrated Naval Identification friend or foe system Target designation sights : M-Tek Target Designation Sights Sonar : Thales UMS4132 Kingklip sonar Obstacle avoidance sonar : MDS 3060^[source]

Electronic warfare & decoys	—	ESM/ECM : Saab Grintek Avitronics SME 100/200 ESM (Intercept and Jammer) & ELINT Decoys : 2 Saab Grintek Avitronics MRL Super Barricade chaff launchers (96 decoys)^[source]

Armament	—	Anti-ship missiles : 8 MBDA MM 40 Exocet Block 2 surface-to-surface missiles (mounted in two four-cell launchers) Surface-to-air : 16 Umkhonto surface-to-air missiles in a 32-cell Vertical launching system , can be increased to 32 missiles Naval guns : 1 Otobreda 76 mm gun 1 Denel 35mm Dual Purpose Gun ( CIWS ) 2 Mk1 Oerlikon 20 mm cannon 2 12.7 mm Rogue remotely operated guns ASW : 4 324 mm (12.8 in) torpedo tubes^[source]