Tourville (D 610)

The "Tourville" 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 is named after the XVIIth Century admiral count Anne-Hilarion de Cotentin de Tourville.

Between 1994 and 1996, the "Tourville" (and the "De Grasse") was refitted with the modern SLAMS 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"

Photographs

Exocet launchers and the firing control systems