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 | | Laid down: | 15 December 1990 | | Launched: | 13 June 1992 | | Commissioned: | 22 March 1996 | | Status: | In active service | | Homeport: | Toulon | | General Characteristics | | Displacement: | 3200 tonnes, 3600 tonnes fully loaded | | Length: | 125 m | | Beam: | 15.4 m | | Draught: | 4,8 m | | Propulsion: | 4 diesel SEMT Pielstick 12PA6V280 STC2, 21000 hp (15 400 kW) | | Speed: | 25 knots | | Range: | 7000 nautical miles at 15 knots, 9000 at 12 knots | | Complement: | 12 officers
68 non-commissioned officers
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| | Sensors and processing systems: | 1 x Air/Surface DRBV 15C sentry radar
1 x firing control radar for the 100 mm gun
1 x DRBN34 navigation radar
1 x DRBN34 landing radar | | Electronic warfare and decoys: | 1 x Saïgon ARBG 1 radio interceptor
1 x ARBR 21 radar interceptor
2 x Dagaie Mk2 chaff launcher
1 x AN/SLQ-25 Nixie tugged noise maker
1 x Prairie-Masker noise reduction system
1 x Syracuse II
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A noise reduction system fitted to some warships of western origin. ...
1 x Inmarsat | | Armament: | 1 x 100 mm TR automatic gun
2 x 20 mm modèle F2 guns
1 x Crotale CN2 launcher (8 missiles on the launcher, 18 missiles in magazine)
16 Aster 15 missiles in vertical launchers
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The 20 mm modèle F2 gun is a naval defence weapon in usage in the French Navy. ...
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8 x Exocet MM40 block II missiles | | Armor: | munition magazine and control centre | | Aircraft carried: | 1 x 10-tonne helicopter (Panther or NH90) | The La Fayette is a second-line multi-mission stealth frigate of the French Marine Nationale. She is the second French vessel named after the 18th Century general marquess Marie Joseph Paul Roch Yves Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette. She is the lead ship of the class. In older English literature there are some uses of exocet to mean flying fish. There is also a typeface known as Exocet. ...
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 NHI NH90 is a twin-engine, ten-ton multi-role helicopter manufactured by NHIndustries, a company established by Agusta, Eurocopter and Stork Fokker Aerospace. ...
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The ships of the La Fayette type are The La Fayette class units are light multi-mission frigates built by DCN and operated by France (Marine Nationale), Saudi Arabia, Singapore (Republic of Singapore Navy) and Taiwan (Republic of China Navy). ...
The Surcouf (F711) is a La Fayette-class frigate of the French Navy. ...
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