Career
Displacement:	4500 t
Length:	139 m
Width:	14 m
Draught:	6 m
Propulsion:	4 Pielstick PA6 BTC disesel engines 2 fixed pace propellers 4 diesel-alternators (3400 kW) for electrical plant Image File history File links fr (original): La frégate Cassard à la mer au large de Toulon (23 septembre 2003). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ...
Speed:
Range:	8000 nautical miles (14,800 km) at 17 knots (31 km/h)
Complement:	22 officers 142 non-commissioned officers 80 men
Armament:	Anti-air 1 Tartar system 2 Sadral systems (2 x 6 Mistral missiles) 1 x 100 mm CADAM turret 2 x 20 mm F2 4 x 12.7 mm machine guns Anti-ship A Tartar missile on its launcher on the Cassard frigate The US-built Tartar missile is an important element of zone defence (here, launched from a US destroyer of the Perry class) The US-built Tartar SM1 is a medium-range anti-air system. ... Mistral is an infrared homing surface-to-air missile manufactured by the European multinational company MBDA missile systems (formerly by Matra BAe Dynamics). ... The French 100 mm naval gun is a polyvalent artillery piece (anti-air, anti-ship, ground), capable of a high rate of fire. ... 8 Exocet MM40 missiles Anti-submarine In older English literature there are some uses of exocet to mean flying fish. There is also a typeface known as Exocet. ... 10 L5 Mod4 torpedoes L5 torpedoes launchers
Detection	*DRBV26C sentry radar 1 DRBJ11B tri-dimensional air sentry radar 1 DIBV2A infra-red alert system 2 DRBN34 navigation and landing radar 1 DUBV 24C hull sonar
Electronic Warfare	*1 ARBR 17 radar detector 1 SAIGON radio emission detector 1 ARBB 33 jammer 2 SAGAIE NG decoy launchers 2 DAGAIE decoy launchers
Satellite transmission	1 Syracuse II system
Planes	1 Panther helicopter

The Cassard (D614) is an anti-air frigate of the French Marine Nationale, lead ship of the Cassard type. She is the 10th vessel of the French Navy named after the XVIIIth Century captain Jacques Cassard. She is the sister-ship of the Jean Bart. The Panther helicopter of the Cassard frigate transferring a light load to the Meuse Maneuvering of a Panther helicopter on the Cassard frigate The Eurocopter Panther is the military version of the Eurocopter Dauphin medium-weight multipurpose twin-engine helicopter and is manufactured by Eurocopter (originally by Aérospatiale). ... The French Navy (Marine Nationale) is the maritime arm of the French military and is the largest Western European navy in terms of number of active-duty vessels. ... The Cassard type is a class of anti-air frigate of the French Navy. ... The Jean Bart (D615) is an anti-air frigate of the French Marine Nationale of the Cassard type. ...

The Cassard was fitted with a number of prototype equipements which were later incorporated in the La Fayette type frigates. The La Fayette class units are large multi-mission frigates built by DCN and operated by France (Marine Nationale), Saudi Arabia, Singapore (Republic of Singapore Navy) and Taiwan. ...

Note: The French navy doesn't use the term "destroyer" for its ships; thus, some large ships, referred to as "frigates", are registered as destroyers. USS Lassen, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet or battle group and defend them against smaller, short-range attackers (originally torpedo boats, later submarines and aircraft). ... Sailing frigates were 4th, 5th, or 6th-rated ships in the rating system of the Royal Navy. ...

Photographs

The Cassard frigate at sea near Toulon Image File history File links fr (original): La frégate Cassard à la mer au large de Toulon (23 septembre 2003). ...	The anti-air frigate Cassard docked in Toulon Image File history File links Cassard_2. ...	Maneuvering of a Panther helicopter on the Cassard frigate Image File history File links Panther_helo_1. ...	Fire team of the Cassard Image File history File links Cassard_3. ...
Frigate Cassard Image File history File links Cassard_4. ...	Frigate Cassard Image File history File links Cassard_5. ...	Frigate Cassard Image File history File links Cassard_6. ...	Frigate Cassard during her 2000/2001 refitting Image File history File links Cassard_7. ...
The Cassard and Jean de Vienne (D643) Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2288x1712, 715 KB) The Cassard (D614) destroyer in Toulon More precisely, from left to right: Foudre (L9011) landing ship Jean de Vienne (D643) Cassard (D614) Photographs taken by Yannick Auberger File links The following pages link to this file: Cassard class...	Tartar SM1 missile on the Cassard Image File history File links Tartar_missile. ... ...