D'Estienne d'Orves class aviso (sloop)
The aviso Commandant Bouan
Class Overview
Type:	aviso (sloop)
Name:	D'Estienne d'Orves
Number of ships:	17
Succeeded by:	FREMM multipurpose frigate
General characteristics
Displacement:	1100 t tonnes (1250 tonnes full load)
Length:	80 m
Beam:	10,3 m
Draught:	5,3 m
Propulsion:	Engines : 2 diesel SEMT Pielstick 12PC2V400 Power: 12 000 hp (8.8 MW) Propellers: 2 4-bladed orientable propellers Electrical power: 840 kW (2 DA x 320 + 1 DA x 200)
Speed:	24 knots
Range:	at 15 knots (28 km/h): 4500 nautical miles (8000 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h) : 3000 nautical miles (5500 km)
Complement:	7 officers 42 non-commissioned officers 43 men
Armament:	2 Exocet MM38 missiles 1 x 100 mm CADAM turret with Najir fire control system 2 x 20 mm F2 4 x 12.7 mm machine guns 4 L3 or L5 type torpedoes 1 x 375 mm rocket launcher
Sensors and processing systems:	1 Air/Surface DRBV 51A sentry radar 1 DRBC 32E fire control radar 1 DECCA 1226 navigation radar An aviso is a French kind of dispatch boat. ... Image File history File links fr (original): Laviso Commandant Bouan dans les passes à Toulon (19 mars 2002). ... An aviso is a French kind of dispatch boat. ... The FREMM Multipurpose Frigate (French Frégate Multi-Mission or Italian Fregate Multi-Missione) is a ship designed by DCN and Fincantieri to operate in anti-air, anti-submarine and anti-ship warfare, and be capable of carrying out deep strikes against land targets. ... SEMT Pielstick is a French diesel engine manufacturer based at Villepinte, France and owned by MAN B&W Diesel Group, a subsidiary of MAN AG (MTU has a minority shareholding of 33%). SEMT Pielstick was formed in 1988 when the business was acquired from GEC Alsthom by MAN and MTU... The Exocet is a French-built anti-ship missile whose various versions can be launched from surface vessels, submarines, and airplanes. ... The French 100 mm naval gun is a polyvalent artillery piece (anti-air, anti-ship, ground), capable of a high rate of fire. ... The 20 mm modèle F2 gun is a naval defence weapon in usage in the French Navy. ... 1 DUBA 25 hull sonar
Electronic warfare and decoys:	1 ARBR 16 radar interceptor 2 Dagaie decoy launchers 1 SLQ-25 Nixie counter-measure system

The A69 type Avisos are small warships mainly designed for coastal anti-submarine defence, but are also available for high sea escort missions (notably in support missions with the FOST). Built on a simple and robust design, they have an economical and reliable propulsion system which allows them to be used for overseas presence missions. A towed torpedo decoy used on US and allied warships. ... An aviso is a French kind of dispatch boat. ... The Force Océanique Stratégique (FOST, Strategic Oceanic Force) are the strategic submarine forces of the French Navy. ...

Ships in the class

A total of 17 ships of this class were built and named after the heroes of the Second World War. Eight of these ships have since been decommissioned and six of them were sold to the Turkish Navy where they were redesignated as the B Class corvette. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... Seal of the Turkish Navy Branch of Turkish Armed Forces, Turkish Navy (Turkish: Türk Deniz Kuvvetleri) can participate in international operations and exercises beyond Mediterranean Sea. ... B Class corvettes B Class corvettes at their homeport B Class is one of the corvette classes of the Turkish Navy. ...

• F781 D'Estienne d'Orves (named after Henri Honoré d'Estienne d'Orves. decommissioned in 1999, now Turkish TCG Beykoz.)
• F782 Amyot d'Inville(decommissioned in 1999, now Turkish TCG Bartin.)
• F783 Drogou (decommissioned in 2000, now Turkish TCG Bodrum)
• F784 Détroyat (decommissioned in 1997)
• F785 Jean Moulin(named after Jean Moulin. decommissioned in 1999)
• F786 Quartier-Maître Anquetil (decommissioned in 2000, now Turkish TCG Bandirma)
• F787 Commandant de Pimodan (decommissioned in 2000)
• F788 Second-Maître Le Bihan
• F789 Lieutenant de vaisseau Le Hénaff
• F790 Lieutenant de vaisseau Lavallée
• F791 Commandant L'Herminier
• F792 Premier-Maître L'Her
• F793 Commandant Blaison
• F794 Enseigne de vaisseau Jacoubet
• F795 Commandant Ducuing
• F796 Commandant Birot
• F797 Commandant Bouan

The Argentine Navy also operates three D'Estienne D'Orves-class ships, locally known as the Drummond-class corvettes. The first two ships were originally ordered by the South African Navy, but due to UN sanctions to South Africa they were not delivered and were bought by the Argentine Navy in 1978. The third ship of the class was ordered by Argentina and was delivered in 1981. Henri Honoré dEstienne dOrves Henri Honoré dEstienne dOrves (3 June 1901, Verrières-le-Buisson — 29 August 1941, Fort du mont Valérien) was a French Navy officer, reputed first martyr of Free France and one of the major heroes of the French Resistance. ... An artists rendition of Jean Moulins most famous depiction, with a scarf (see below) Jean Moulin (June 20, 1899–July 8, 1943) was a high-profile member of the French Resistance during World War II. He is remembered today as an emblem of the Resistance because of his... Argentine Navy Jack Argentine Navy Service Emblem The Navy of the Argentine Republic (Armada de la República Argentina, ARA) is the navy of Argentina. ... The South African Navy (SAN), known in Afrikaans as Suid-Afrikaanse Vloot is the navy of South Africa. ...

• P-31 ARA Drummond (ex South African Good Hope)
• P-32 ARA Guerrico (ex South African Transvaal)
• P-33 ARA Granville

External links

• globalsecurity.org
• Alabordache.com French Aviso in activity
• Alabordache.com French Aviso disarmed