Somme
A 631
2010
(Klabautermann KLA-X-8A)
- Class: Durance 5 replenishment oilers (AOR)
- Displacement: 7,800 tons light / 17,900 tons full load
- Dimensions: 516 (oa) x 70 x 28 ft.
- Machinery: 2 SEMT Pilestick diesels 20,760 bhp = 20 knots
- Armament: 3 Simbad SAM (3x2), 1-40mm, 2-20mm
- Helicopters: 1 Alouette-III or Lynx
- Complement: 163
- Builder: CNIM, La Seyne
- Keel Laid: 3 May 1985
- Launched: 3 Oct 1987
- Commissioned: 7 Mar 1990
- Notes: Somme is the last of the Durance-class command and replenishment tankers in service with the French Navy. In addition to her primary duty as a fleet tanker, she is configured as a flagship and has served as such in the Indian Ocean.
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