Durance class tanker
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| Displacement: | 17,933 tonnes (full load) |
| Length: | 157.2 m |
| Width: | 21.2 m |
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| Propulsion: | 2 × Two Pielstick 16 PC2-5 V 400 diesel engines, two shafts |
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| Complement: | 220 |
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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 and the leading ship of the class now serves with Argentine Navy.
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[edit] In the French Navy
Five ships of the class were built for the French Navy:
- Durance (A629)
- Meuse (A607)
- Var (A608)
- Marne (A630)
- Somme (A631)
The Durance has been sold to the Argentine Navy; the remaining four vessels are still in service. Three ships of the class, the Marne, the Somme and the Var, can also take an admiral and his staff.
[edit] Royal Australian Navy
A single ship of the class was built, in Australia, for the Royal Australian Navy:
The Success is still in service.
[edit] Argentine Navy
The leading ship of the class was sold to the Argentine Navy in 1999; she serves under the name Patagonia.
[edit] Gallery
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 The Meuse refueling the FNS Foch |
 Tanker Meuse: during a refuelling at sea, the refuelling pipe slides along a cable to the receiving ship |
 HMAS Success refuelling USS Kitty Hawk and USS Cowpens |
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