- French frigate Duquesne (D603)
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Career (France) Name: Duquesne Namesake: Abraham Duquesne Builder: Lorient arsenal Laid down: November 1964 Launched: 12 February 1966 Commissioned: 1 April 1970 Out of service: 2008 Homeport: Toulon Status: In active service as training ship General characteristics Class and type: Suffren class frigate Displacement: 5335 tonnes
6780 full loadLength: 158 m Beam: 15,50 m Draught: 7,25 m Propulsion: 4 steam boilers and 4 turbines for 2 propellers; 72500 hp
3440 kW, 2 turbo-alternators and 3 diesel-alternatorsSpeed: 34 knots Complement: 23 officers
337 petty officers and sailorsSensors and
processing systems:DRBI23 tridimentional sentry radar
DRBR51
DRBV15 surface or low-altitude sentry radar
DRBC33 multi-system targeting radar
DRBN34Electronic warfare
and decoys:2 "Sagaie" decoy launchers
ARBR17 detector
SLQ-25 Nixie
ARBR33 jammerArmament: 1 twin launcher of surface-air Masurca missiles (DRBR51-guided) (48 missiles)
4 x 12,7 mm machine guns
4 launchers of MM38 Exocet missiles (4 missiles)
1 launcher of Malafon anti-submarine rocket torpedoes
4 launchers of L5 anti-submarine torpedoes (10 torpedoes)
2 100 mm turrets ("Messine" and "Palerme")
4 x 20 mm cannonsThe Duquesne is a Suffren class frigate of the French Navy, designed to protect a fleet against air threats, surface ships, submarines, and, to a lesser extent, provide fire power against land objectives. She is the sister-ship of the Suffren. She is the eighth French vessel named after the 17th century admiral Abraham Duquesne. Her weapon systems bear names of battles to which Duquesne took part: Messine (turret n°1), Palerme (turret n°2), Alicuri (Mafalon launcher), Agosta (Masurca launcher) and Stromboli (MM38 launcher).
The French Navy does not use the term "destroyer" for its ships; hence some large ships, referred to as "frigates", are registered as destroyers. Duquesne was decommissioned in 2008, but has been retained for use as a training ship.
External links
- Frégate Duquesne on netmarine.net
Suffren · Duquesne
Categories:- Suffren class frigates
- Cold War frigates of France
- Active frigates of France
- 1966 ships
- Ships built in France
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