Courbet (F 712)

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Career France

Laid down:	15 September 1993
Launched:	12 March 1994
Commissioned:	1 April 1997
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 61 men
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 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 8 x Exocet MM40 block II missiles
Armour:	munition magazine and control centre
Aircraft carried:	1 x 10-tonne helicopter (Panther or NH90)

The Courbet is a second-line multi-mission stealth frigate of the French Marine Nationale. She is the third French vessel named after the 19th Century admiral Amédée Courbet .

The Courbet took part in Opération Baliste. On the 3 October 2006, an Israeli fighter penetrated her 2-nautical mile defence perimeter without responding radio calls, triggering a diplomatic incident. Israel apologised after official protests from the French government [1].