- French frigate Duguay-Trouin (D 611)
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For other ships of the same name, see French ship Duguay-Trouin.
The hull of the ex-frigate Duguay-Trouin is used as a breakwater on the waters of the École Navale in Lanvéoc-Poulmic.Career (France) Namesake: René Duguay-Trouin Builder: Lorient arsenal Laid down: 25 February 1971 Launched: 1 June 1973 Commissioned: 17 September 1975 Decommissioned: 13 July 1999 Homeport: Brest Fate: Decommissioned General characteristics Class and type: Tourville class frigate Displacement: 4580 tonnes (6100 tonnes fully loaded) Length: 152.75 m Beam: 15.80 m Draught: 6.60 m Propulsion: 2 Rateau steam turbines, double reduction
Power : 58000 hp (42630 kW)
4 multitubular boilers
Fuel: Gazoil
Propellers : 2 fixed propellersSpeed: 32 knots (59 km/h) Range: 1900 nautical miles (3500 km) at 30 knots (56 km/h)
4500 nautical miles (8300 km) and 18 knots (33 km/h)Complement: 24 officers
115 men
160 non-commissioned officersSensors and
processing systems: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
Tactical information
- SENIT 3
- SEAO/OPSMER
Transmissions
- HF, UHF, VHF and SHF liaison systems
- Syracuse 2
- Inmarsat
- Link 11
Electronic warfare
and decoys:1 ARBB 32 jammer
bubble belt
1 ARBR 16 radar interceptor
2 Syllex decoy launchersArmament: Anti-air
- 1 Crotale EDIR system (8 missiles on launcher, 18 in magazine)
- 2 x 100 mm turrets (1968 model)
- 2 x 20 mm cannons
- 4 x 12.7 mm 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)
Aircraft carried: 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 13 July 1999 and is used as a harbour wave-breaker protection.
Categories:- Tourville class frigates
- Cold War frigates of France
- Active frigates of France
- 1973 ships
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