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Naval support & landing craftActive: 4
Replenishment oiler
Durance-class tanker is a replenishment oiler. Reported operators include French Navy Argentine Navy Royal Saudi Navy Royal Australian Navy (retired).
FranceDurance class
French Navy Argentine Navy Royal Saudi Navy Royal Australian Navy (retired)
Jacques Chevallier class
Boraida class
1973–1990
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4
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Replenishment oiler
7,700–7,900 t (7,600–7,800 long tons ) standard 18,200–18,800 t (17,900–18,500 long tons) (full load)
157.2 m (515 ft 9 in)
21.2 m (69 ft 7 in)
8.65 m (28 ft 5 in) standard 10.8 m (35 ft 5 in) full load
2 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PC2.5 V 400 diesel engines 2 shafts, 15,000 kW (20,000 hp )
19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
9,000 nmi (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
162
2 × DRBN 34 radars
1 × Bofors 40 mm (1.6 in)/L60 gun 4 × 12.7 mm (0.5 in) M2 Browning machine guns 3 × Simbad Mistral missile launcher
Medium helicopter pad
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Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept 2026 | 157.2 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
Durance-class tanker equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
Argentina FranceNavy exact named equipment holdings: Durance. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: LOGISTICS AND SUPPORT / AORH. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Reported count for Durance class. Service scope: French Navy ships; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct quantity component(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Explicit source inventory scope: active; no other stock status or total inferred. Count column(s): in service: 1. Origin: unstated. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
French Navy Argentine Navy Royal Saudi Navy Royal Australian Navy (retired)
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