Tourville class frigate
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | F67 |
| Completed: | 3 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Displacement: | 4,580 tonnes 6,100 tonnes fully loaded |
| Length: | 152.75 m |
| Beam: | 15.80 m |
| Draught: | 6.60 m |
| Propulsion: |
2 Rateau steam turbines, double reduction |
| Speed: | 32 knots (59 km/h) |
| Range: |
1900 nautical miles (3500 km) at 30 knots (56 km/h) |
| Complement: |
24 officers |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
1 DRBV 51B surface sentry radar |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: |
1 ARBB 32 jammer |
| Armament: |
Anti-air |
| Aircraft carried: | 2 Lynx WG13 |
| Notes: | Ships in class include: Tourville (D 610), Duguay-Trouin (D 611), De Grasse (D 612) |
The F67 type is a class of large high-sea (Blue water) Destroyers of the French Navy specialised in anti-submarine warfare. They have anti-air and anti-surface capabilities.
The three ships of the class, D612 De Grasse, D611 Duguay-Trouin (decommissioned on the 13th of July 1999) and the D610 Tourville, are named after famous French sailors.
Between 1994 and 1996, the Tourville and the De Grasse were refitted with the modern SLASM anti-submarine system, an active Very Low Frequencies sonar.
The three ships of the class are
- D610 Tourville
- D611 Duguay-Trouin (decommissioned in 1999)
- D612 De Grasse
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