Durance class tanker

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Class overview
ARA Patagonia (ex-Durance) in Ushuaia
Name:	Durance
Operators:	French Navy Argentine Navy Royal Australian 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 × Two Pielstick 16 PC2-5 V 400 diesel engines, two shafts
Speed:	19 knots (35 km/h)
Range:	9000 nm at 15 knots (28 km/h)
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
Notes:	Ships in class include: ARA Patagonia (B-1) (ex-Durance (A629)), Meuse (A607), Var (A608), Marne (A630), Somme (A631), HMAS Success (AOR-304)

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 the Argentine Navy.

1 In the French Navy
2 Royal Australian Navy
3 Argentine Navy
4 Gallery
- 4.1 Argentine Navy

[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.