Durance class tanker

Durance class tanker
ARA Patagonia.jpg
ARA Patagonia (ex-Durance) in Ushuaia
Class overview
Name: Durance
Operators:  French Navy
 Argentine Navy
 Royal Australian Navy
 Royal Saudi Navy
Completed: 6
Active: 6
General characteristics
Type: Replenishment oiler
Displacement:

7,600 tonnes (empty)

17,800 tonnes (full load)
Length: 157.2 m
Beam: 21.2 m
Draught:

8.65 metres (average)

10.80 metres full load
Propulsion: 2 × Pielstick 16 PC2-5 V 400 diesel engines, two shafts
Speed: 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Range: 9,000 nautical miles (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Boats and landing
craft carried:

1 LCVP
1 9-metre boat

2 rigid-hulled inflatable boats
Complement: 8 officers
62 non-commissioned officers
89 sailors
Sensors and
processing systems:
2 DRBN 34 radars
Electronic warfare
and decoys:
1 SLQ-25 Nixie towed jammer
Armament:

1 Bofors 40 mm guns
6 12.7 mm M2 Browning machine guns

1 Simbad Mistral missile launcher
Aviation facilities: Medium helicopter pad

The Durance class is a series of multi-product replenishment oilers, originally designed and built for service in the French Navy. Besides the five ships built for the French Navy, a sixth was built for the Royal Australian Navy, while the lead ship of the class currently serves with the Argentine Navy.

Contents

French Navy

Five ships of the class were built for the French Navy:


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