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General Characteristics
Displacement:	3550 t tonnes, 4500 tonnes fully loaded
Length:	139 m
Width:	14 m
Beam:
Draught:	5.80 m
Tirant d'air:	39.36 m
Propulsion:	CODOG (COmbined Diesel Or Gaz): 2 diesels Pielstick PA 6 V280 STD Diesel power: 5200 hp (38 MW). TAG Motorisation : 2 Rolls Royce Olympus TM3B gas turbines, 26000 hp (19 MW). 2 propeller with 4 orientables fins each Total power: 52000 hp (38 MW). Image File history File links FS_Jean_de_Vienne_2. ... Image File history File links French-Ensign. ... 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... Rolls-Royce Olympus 593 The Olympus is a high-powered axial-flow turbojet, originally developed at Bristol Aero Engines, later passed to Bristol Siddeley, and finally to Rolls-Royce. ...
Speed:	30 knots (56 km/h) on TAG, 21 knots (39 km/h) on diesel
Range:	On TAG : 1000 nautical miles (1900 km) at 30 knots (56 km/h) On Diesel : 10000 nautical miles (1900 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement:	20 officers 120 non-commissioned officers 95 men
Armament:	Anti-air: 1 Crotale EDIR system - 8 missiles on launcher + 18 stored 2 Simbad systems - 2 x 2 Mistral missiles 1 CADAM 100 mm main gun 2 x 20 mm guns 4 x 12.7 mm machine guns Anti-surface: The French 100 mm naval gun is a polyvalent artillery piece (anti-air, anti-ship, ground), capable of a high rate of fire. ... 4 Exocet MM38 missiles Anti-submarine: In older English literature there are some uses of exocet to mean flying fish. The Exocet is a French-built anti-ship missile made in various versions capable of being launched from surface ships and boats, submarines, and airplanes. ... 10 L5 Mod4 torpedoes 2 L5 torpedo launchers 12 MK46 torpedoes for the Lynx WG13 helicopter
Electronic Warfare	Detection: 1 Air/surface sentry radar DRBV51C 1 Air sentry radar DRBV 26 1 fire control radar DRBC 32E 2 navigation radar KH 1007 1 hull sonar DUBV 23 1 tugged sonar DUBV 43C Electronic Warfare: The AgustaWestland Lynx is a helicopter designed by AgustaWestland (formerly Westland Aircraft) and jointly produced with Aérospatiale, first flying on 21 March 1971 as the Westland WG.13. ... 2 radar intereceptors ARBR 16 2 Syllex chaff launchers Tactical information: SENIT 4 SEAO/OPSMER
Planes:	2 Lynx WG13 Mk4 helicopters, with each: 1 DUAV4 sonar Rheseda system for transmission of acoustic data 12 MK46 torpedoes

The Jean de Vienne is a F70 type anti-submarine frigate of the French Marine Nationale. She is the third French vessel named after the XIVth Century admiral Jean de Vienne. Her complement is 20% female. The AgustaWestland Lynx is a helicopter designed by AgustaWestland (formerly Westland Aircraft) and jointly produced with Aérospatiale, first flying on 21 March 1971 as the Westland WG.13. ... The Georges Leygues class (F70 type) is a type of anti-submarine frigates of the French Navy. ... 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. ... Jean de Vienne (1341, Dole - 1396, Nicopolis) was a French knight, general and admiral during the Hundred Years War. ...

There are seven ships in the F70 class :

• D640 Georges Leygues
• D641 Dupleix
• D642 Montcalm
• D643 Jean de Vienne
• D644 Primauguet
• D645 La Motte Picquet
• D646 Latouche-Tréville

Note: The French navy doesn't use the term "destroyer" for its ships; hence some large ships, referred to as "frigates", are registered as destroyers. The Georges Leygues is a F70 type anti-submarine frigates of the French Marine Nationale. ... The Dupleix is a F70 type anti-submarine frigates of the French Marine Nationale. ... The Montcalm is a F70 type anti-submarine frigate of the French Marine Nationale. ... The Primauguet is a F70 type anti-submarine frigates of the French Marine Nationale. ... The La Motte-Picquet is a F70 type anti-submarine frigates of the French Marine Nationale. ... The Latouche-Tréville is a F70 type anti-submarine frigate of the French Marine Nationale. ... 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. ...

External links

• http://www.jeandevienne.org/