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French Navy - Marine Nationale Georges Leygues class Frigate (Type F70AS large anti-submarine Frigate / Frégate de lutte anti-sous-marins / ASM) |
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D 640 FS Georges Leygues (1979) D 641 FS Dupleix (1981) D 642 FS Montcalm (1982) D 643 FS Jean de Vienne (1984) D 644 FS Primauguet (1986) D 645 FS Lamotte-Picquet (1988) D 646 FS Latouche-Treville (1990) |
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Arsenal de Brest, Brittany, France Displacement: 4500 tons (full load) Length: 139 meters (456 feet) Beam: 15 meters (49.2 ft) Draft: 5,5 meters (18 ft) Speed: 30 knots (55 km/h) - gas / 15 knots (28 km/h) - diesels Range: 8000 NM (14800 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) Complement: 245 Propulsion: Combined Diesel or Gas (CODAG) 2 x Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B gas turbines (26000 hp / 19388 kW, each) 2 x SEMT Pielstick 16PA6 V280 Diesel Engines (3878 kW / 5200 hp, each) 2 shafts, 2 propellers Armament: 1 x DCN/GIAT 100mm/55-caliber Mod.68 Compact DP Gun 4or8 x MBDA MM40 Exocet SSM missiles 1 x Crotale EDIR SAM system (8-cells) 2 x SADRAL CIWS for Mistral SAM (6-cells) (D 641-643) 2 x SIMBAD CIWS for Mistral SAM (2-cells) (D 640, 644-646) 2 x Breda-Mauser 30mm machine guns (D 640-643) 2 x GIAT 20F2 20mm machine guns (D 644-646) 2 x fixed single torpedo tubes for L5 Mod.4 or MU90 torpedoes Aviation: flight deck (21 x 12,2 m) & hangar (13,3 x 11,4 m) for 2 helicopters Westland Lynx or similar Systems: DRBV-51C (D 640) or DRBV-15A (D 641-646) surface and air sentry radar DRBV-26A air search radar DRBC-32E (D 640-643) or DRBC-33A (D 644-646) fire control radar Racal-Decca DRBN-34 or Kelvin-Hughes 1007 navigation radar DIBV-2A Vampir infrared search & track system (IRST) DUBV-23 (640-643) or DUBV-24C (644-646) hull mounted sonar DUBV-43B/C variable depth sonar DSBV-61 towed array sonar (644-646) 1 x ARBB-36 radar jammer (640) / 2 x ARBB-36 radar jammers (641-646) ARBR-16 radar warning system (640-643) SLQ-25 NIXIE torpedo decoy system 2 x SYLLEX chaff/decoy launchers (640) or 2 x DAGAIE chaff/decoy launchers (641-646) 4 x Irvin Aerospace Replica decoy launchers (641-643) |
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 D 640 FS Georges Leygues  D 641 FS Dupleix  D 642 FS Montcalm  D 643 FS Jean de Vienne  D 644 FS Primauguet  D 645 FS Lamotte-Picquet  D 646 FS Latouche-Treville ARMAMENT & DETAILS   Breda-Mauser 30mm gun / SADRAL MISTRAL SAM CIWS / 100mm/55-caliber gun  CROTALE EDIR SAM system / 2x4 MM38/MM40 Exocet SSM / Breda-Mauser 30mm gun  MM38 Exocet SSM launcher - CROTALE EDIR SAM system (8 cells)  MM38 Exocet SSM launcher - CROTALE EDIR SAM system (8 cells)  CROTALE EDIR SAM system (8 cells)  CROTALE EDIR SAM system (8 cells)  a MM38 Exocet SSM was fired from FS Lamotte-Picquet  SADRAL/MISTRAL SAM CIWS / GIAT 20F2 20mm gun  SADRAL CIWS (6x Mistral SAM)  SIMBAD CIWS (twin Mistral SAM)  DUBV-43 towed depth-variable sonar  DUBV-43 towed depth-variable sonar |
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