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FS Duguay-Trouin

Career French Navy  Ensign
Displacement: 4580 tonnes (6100 tonnes fully loaded)
Length: 152.75 m
Width: 15.80 m
Draught: 6.60 m
Propulsion: 2 Rateau steam turbines, double reduction

4 multitubular boilers
Fuel: Gazoil
Propelers : 2 fixed propelers
Power : 58000 HP (42630 kW)

Speed: 32 knots
Range: 1900 nautical miles at 30 knots

4500 nautical miles and 18 knots

Complement: 24 officers

160 non-commissioned officers
115 men

Armament: Anti-air
  • 1 Crotale EDIR system (8 missiles on launcher, 18 in magasine)
  • 2 x 100mm turrets (1968 model)
  • 2 x 20mm cannons
  • 4 x 12.7mm machine guns

Anti-surface

  • 6 Exocet MM38 anti-ship missiles launchers

Anti-submarine

  • 2 x L5 torpedoe launchers, 10 torpedoes on board (L5 mod 4)
Electronics Detection
  • 1 DRBV 51B surface sentry radar
  • 1 DRBV 26A air sentry radar
  • 1 DRBC 32D targeting radar
  • 2 DRBN 34 navigation radars
  • 1 DUBV 23 hull sonar
  • 1 ETBF DSBV 62C sonar
  • 1 DSBX 1 tugged sonar
  • 1 Syva torpedo alert system

Electronic Warfare

  • 1 ARBB 32 jammer
  • 1 ARBR 16 radar interceptor
  • 2 Syllex decoy launchers
  • bubble belt

Tactical information

  • SENIT 3
  • SEAO/OPSMER

Transmissions

  • HF, UHF, VHF and SHF liaison systems
  • Syracuse 2
  • Inmarsat
  • Liaison 11
Planes 2 Lynx WG13

The Duguay-Trouin is a F67 type large high-sea frigates of the French Marine Nationale specialised in anti-submarine warfare, though it also has anti-air and anti-surface capabilities. She was the 10th French vessel named after the XVIIth Century privateer René Duguay-Trouin .

She was decommissioned on the 13th of July 1999 and is used as a harbour wave-breaker protection.

The three ships of the class are

Last updated: 05-25-2005 20:46:59
10-26-2009 08:16:03
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