ClaudeJ 
		  
		   
		   
		  Posts:  1213 
		  Joined:  3/8/2006  From:  Belgique Status: offline
		   
		 | 
	  
	    
		 #57 - A 607 Meuse [Durance Class] -- France (Navy), 1981      Preliminary notes      This class have a sub-variant with a distinct role.      *PR type   Pétrolier Ravitailleur, regular AOR.      A 629 Durance, 12/1976 - 12/1997   A 607 Meuse, 11/1980 - 06/2015      *BCR type   Bâtiment de Commandement et de Ravitaillement, Command and Replenishment Ship.      PR that are designed to carry a Maritime Zone staff (typically ALINDIEN, Indian Ocean Maritime Zone CinC) and a commando unit of up to 45 men. Capable of accommodating 250 men (crew included). Communications Jammer can be equipped "on demand".      A 608 Var, 01/1983   A 630 Marne, 01/1987   A 631 Somme, 03/1990         Name: A 629 Durance -- France (Navy), 1976-1997   while its pennant number may suggest otherwise, the Durance was first in line, maybe that platform could be renamed "A 629 Durance".      General Data:   -Height: 31 m   -Cargo capacity: 32      Sensors/EW:   - change both "#1969 - DRBN 34 [Decca 1229]" to "#1959 - DRBN 32 [Decca 1226]"      Mounts:   4x 12.7 (2 each side, at 10h/8h and 2h/4h)   2x 40mmm/60 Bofors, one forward and the other rear facing      Edit : seems like this class is the only user of #1304 - 20mm/70 Single Burst [20 rnds], so maybe swap it with #1636 - 20mm/70 Oerlikon Mk7 Burst [20 rnds], thus freeing #1304 if need be      Magazines:   -Munitions: 172 tons (what is the Capacity unit of measure?)      Docking Facilities:   add:   - 3x Very Small Dock/Davit (0-11m Long)   - 2x Small Dock/Davit (LCVP, 11.1-17m Long)      Properties:   - change "Refuel to Astern x 1 (Out)" to "Refuel to Astern x 2 (Out)"   - change all "Replenish to XXX x 2 (Out/In)" to "Replenish to XXX x 1 (Out/In)"      Fuel:   -Diesel fuel: 1500 (+750 for its own usage)   -Aviation fuel: 500   -Oil fuel: 7500   ----------------------------------------------      #???? - A 607 Meuse [Durance PR Class] -- France (Navy), 1980-2001   same as A 629 Durance but :      Mounts:   4x 12.7 (2 each side, at 10h/8h and 2h/4h)   2x 20mmm/70, forward facing   1x 40mmm/60 Bofors, rear facing      Magazines:   -Munitions: 150 tons      Docking Facilities:   - 1x Small Dock/Davit (LCVP, 11.1-17m Long)   - 3x Very Small Dock/Davit (0-11m Long)      Fuel:   -Diesel fuel: 5200 (+750 for its own usage)   -Aviation fuel: 3000   -Oil fuel: 1300   ----------------------------------------------      #???? - A 607 Meuse [Durance PR Class] -- France (Navy), 2001-2015      Sensors/EW:   - 2x "#1959 - DRBN 32 [Decca 1226]" (best guess, couldn't find accurate date)      Mounts:   6x 12.7 (2 each side, at 10h/8h and 2h/4h, 2 forward facing at 11h and 1h)   1x Simbad (Mistral) Twin, forward facing   1x 40mmm/60 Bofors, rear facing   ----------------------------------------------      #???? - A 608 Var [Durance BCR Class] -- France (Navy), 1983      A 608 Var, 01/1983   A 630 Marne, 01/1987   A 631 Somme, 03/1990      same as edited A 607 Meuse but :      General Data:   -Empty displacement: 7800 tons   -Standard/Full displacement: 900 tons   -Crew: 142   -Troop capacity: 45    -Cargo capacity: 63      Mounts:   4x 12.7 (2 each side, at 10h/8h and 2h/4h)   2x 20mmm/70, rear facing   1x 40mmm/60 Bofors, forward facing      Magazines:   -Munitions: 180 tons      Comms:   - Syracuse I (Var was built "Syracuse ready", the system only became operational in November 1985 though.)      Docking Facilities:   - 1x Small Dock/Davit (LCVP, 11.1-17m Long)   - 4x Very Small Dock/Davit (0-11m Long)      Fuel:   -Diesel fuel: 4800 (+750 for its own usage)   -Aviation fuel: 1800   -Oil fuel: 2500   ----------------------------------------------      #???? - A 608 Var [Durance BCR Class] -- France (Navy), 1996      Mounts:   4x 12.7 (2 each side, at 10h/8h and 2h/4h)   2x Simbad (Mistral) Twin, forward facing and, guessing, rear facing   2x 20mmm/70, rear facing   1x 40mmm/60 Bofors, forward facing      Comms:   - Syracuse II (installed in 1992)   ----------------------------------------------      #???? - A 631 Somme [Durance BCR Class] -- France (Navy), 2000   (upgraded earlier than her sisterships)   same as A 608 Var 1996 but      Sensors:   2x #2188 - DRBN 38      Mounts:   2x 12.7 (1 each side, at 8h and 4h)   3x Simbad (Mistral) Twin, 1 forward facing and, guessing, 2 rear facing   2x 20mmm/70, rear facing   1x 40mmm/60 Bofors, forward facing      Magazines:   -Munitions: 170 tons      Fuel:   -Diesel fuel: 7600   -Aviation fuel: 1800   -Oil fuel: 0   ----------------------------------------------   ----------------------------------------------          #???? - B-1 Patagonia [Durance PR Class] -- Argentina (Navy), 1999   - Argentina bought the A629 Durance in July 1999, and commissioned her as the "B-1 Patagonia".      Can be cloned from A 629 Durance -- France (Navy), 1976-1997 but :      General Data:   -Crew: 164   -Cargo capacity: 27      Provision for RBS 70 to be fitted (instead of French Simbad)      https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/B1ARAPatagonia.jpg       ----------------------------------------------   ----------------------------------------------          #306 - 902 Boraida [Durance Class] -- Saudi Arabia (Navy), 1985      Name: 902 Boraida [Mod. Durance PR Class] -- Saudi Arabia (Navy), 1984   Is a "compact" variant of the Durance PR class.   902 Boraida, 02/1984   904 Yunbou, 08/1985      General Data:   -Length: 135 m   -Beam: 18.7 m   -Draft: 7 m   -Height:   -Standard/Full displacement: 11 380 tons   -Crew: 140   -Troop capacity: 45    -Cargo capacity: 63      Magazines:   -Munitions: 100 tons      Air Facilities:   - 1x Pad Large Aircraft (18.1-26m Long)   - 1x Hangar Small Aircraft (0-12m Long)          Properties:   - Refuel to Port x 1 (Out)   - Refuel to Starboard x 1 (Out)   - Refuel to Astern x 1 (Out)   - Refuel from Astern x 1 (In)   - Refuel from Port x 1 (In)   - Refuel from Starboard x 1 (In)   - Replenish to Port x 1 (Out)   - Replenish to Starboard x 1 (Out)   - Replenish from Port x 1 (In)   - Replenish from Starboard x 1 (In)      Propulsion:   -Max speed: 20.5 knots      Fuel:   -Diesel fuel: 4350 (+750 for its own usage)   -Aviation fuel: 350   -Oil fuel: 0   ----------------------------------------------   ----------------------------------------------          #1688 - OR 304 Success (II) [Durance Class] -- Australia (Navy), 1986-1998   #1372 - OR 304 Success (II) [Durance Class] -- Australia (Navy), 1998  CIWS      Notes:   - modified into a double hull vessel by 2011      General Data:   -Height: 31 m   -Standard/Full displacement: 18220 tons   -Crew: 220      Sensors:   2x #1453 - Type 1006(2) [KH 19/9A] -- Surface Ships      Magazines:   -Munitions: 250 tons      Docking Facilities:   - 1x Very Small Dock/Davit (0-11m Long)      Properties:   - Refuel to Port x 2 (Out)   - Refuel to Starboard x 2 (Out)   - Refuel to Astern x 2 (Out)   - Refuel from Astern x 2 (In)   - Refuel from Port x 2 (In)   - Refuel from Starboard x 2 (In)   - Replenish to Port x 1 (Out)   - Replenish to Starboard x 1 (Out)   - Replenish from Port x 1 (In)   - Replenish from Starboard x 1 (In)      Fuel:   -Diesel fuel: 8707 (+750 for its own usage)   -Aviation fuel: 975   -Oil fuel: 0   ----------------------------------------------   ----------------------------------------------                    Sources:   - "Pétroliers ravitailleurs" (2002), Jean Moulin & Patrick Maurand, ISBN: 2-909675-79-3.   - "Jane's Fighting Ships", 1989-90/2005.   - http://www.defense.gouv.fr/marine/patrimoine/histoire/la-marine-d-hier/les-batiments-de-surface/meuse-a-607   - http://www.defense.gouv.fr/marine/equipements/batiments-de-soutien/petroliers-ravitailleurs/var-a-608   - http://www.defense.gouv.fr/marine/equipements/batiments-de-soutien/petroliers-ravitailleurs/marne-a-630   - http://www.defense.gouv.fr/marine/equipements/batiments-de-soutien/petroliers-ravitailleurs/somme-a-631   - http://www.netmarine.net/bat/pr/durance/index.htm   - http://pr-durance.pagesperso-orange.fr/   - http://saga630.pagesperso-orange.fr/pagemenu.htm   - http://www.ara.mil.ar/pag.asp?idItem=298   - http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-success-ii   - http://navybmr.com/study%20material/ATP%2016(D).pdf 
			
			
  < Message edited by Jan Masterson -- 6/23/2017 10:07:33 AM  >					
			
			
				  	
		  
		 |