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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 4 of 4
Visby-class corvettelarger figure on 0 of 4
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Length
Single source130.2 m (427 ft 2 in)[source]
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| Specification | German tanker Spessart | Visby-class corvette |
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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] |
72.7 m (238 ft 6 in)[source]
1 MaK 12-cylinder diesel engine
Single source1 MaK 12-cylinder diesel engine 5,880 kW (7,890 hp )[source]
CODOG 4 × Vericor TF50A gas turbines , total rating 16 MW (21,000 hp) 2 × MTU Friedrichshafen 16V 2000 N90 diesel engines , total rating 2.6 MW (3,500 hp) 3 × generators of 270 kW (360 hp) each 2 × 125SII Kamewa Waterjets[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] | Corvette[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 | — |
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| Used by | German Navy[source]Current operator stated in the article; inventory date not specified | — |
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| Builders | — | Kockums[source] |
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| Operators | — | Swedish Navy[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | Göteborg class[source] |
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| Cost | — | US$184 million[source] |
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| In commission | — | 2009–present[source] |
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| Planned | — |
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| Completed | — |
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| Canceled | — |
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| Active | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | — | Systems: Saab 9LV combat management system Sea Ceptor Surface and air sensors: Saab Sea GIRAFFE AMB 3D PESA surveillance radar Saab Ceros 200 stealth fire control radar system Sonars: General Dynamics Canada Hydra multi-sonar suite GDC C-Tech CHMS-90 Hull-mounted sonar Hydroscience Technologies passive towed array sonar system GDC C-Tech CVDS-2 dual-frequency active, variable depth sonar Navigation: Saab 9LV Cetris (GPS/INS data fusion) Communications: Link 16 / Link 22 ASW communications and processing system: SAES SDL-SS (Sensor Data Link – Surface Segment): SDL-AS (Sensor Data Link – Air Segment)[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | Condor CS-3701 Radar Warning Receiver (ESM) Rheinmetall MASS countermeasures[source] |
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| Armament | — | Guns: 1 × Bofors 57mm mk3 gun Missiles: 2 × 4 RBS15 launchers, with: Current: 8 × RBS15 Mk2 anti-ship cruise missiles Future: 8 × RBS15 Mk4 Gungir anti-ship and land attack cruise missile 3-cells ExLS (Extensible Launching System) MBDA CAMM ASW weapons: Torpedo launcher: Saab Dynamics Tub m/20 (400 mm (16 in)): Torped 47 (SLWT) Torped 45 Mines and depth charges : Mine F80 Mine F8 Mine F23 / F24 ASW 127 mm (5.0 in) rocket-powered grenade launchers[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | — | AW109 helicopter pad[source] |
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