NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Georges Leygues class frigate

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General Characteristics
Displacement:	3550 t tonnes, 4500 tonnes fully loaded
Length:	139 m
Width:	14 m
Beam:
Draft:	5.80 m
Tirant d'air:	39.36 m
Propulsion:	CODOG (COmbined Diesel Or Gas): 2 Pielstick PA 6 V280 STD diesels Diesel power: 5200 hp (3.8 MW). TAG Motorisation : 2 Rolls Royce Olympus TM3B gas turbines, 26000 hp (19 MW). 2 propeler with 4 orientables fins each Total power: 52000 hp (38 MW). Image File history File links fr (original): La frÃ©gate Dupleix en manoeuvre en rade de Toulon (15 septembre 2004). ... 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, 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, originally... 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. There is also a typeface known as Exocet. ... 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 towed sonar DUBV 43C Electronic Warfare: The AgustaWestland Lynx is a helicopter designed by AgustaWestland (formerly Westland Aircraft) and jointly produced with AÃ©rospatiale, 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 Georges Leygues class ("F70 type") is a type of anti-submarine frigates of the French Navy. They are polyvalent, due to their Exocet and Crotale missile complement, which makes them especially suitable for defence of strategic positions, demonstrations or high sea escorts. The F70 is internationally labelled an "anti-submarine destroyer" (hende the "D" in the hull numbers), though the French doesn't use the term and calls them "frigates". The AgustaWestland Lynx is a helicopter designed by AgustaWestland (formerly Westland Aircraft) and jointly produced with AÃ©rospatiale, first flying on 21 March 1971 as the Westland WG.13. ... 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. ... In older English literature there are some uses of exocet to mean flying fish. There is also a typeface known as Exocet. ... Crotales are also percussion instruments. ... 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). ...