Duquesne (D 603)

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Career

Displacement:	5335 tonnes
Length:	158 m
Width:	15,50 m
Draught:	7,25 m
Propulsion:	4 steam boilers and 4 turbines for 2 propellers; 72500 hp
Electric Plant:	3440 kW, 2 turbo-alternators and 3 diesel-alternators
Speed:	34 knots
Range:
Complement:	360 men, including 23 officers.
Armament:	48 surface-air Masurca missiles (DRBR51-guided) 4 MM38 Exocet missiles 10 L5 anti-submarine torpedoes 2 100 mm turrets ("Messine" and "Palerme") 4 x 20 mm cannons 4 x 12,7 mm machine guns
Detection	DRBI23 tridimentional sentry radar DRBV15 surface or low-altitude sentry radar DRBC33 multi-system targeting radar DRBN34 DRBR51
Electronic Warfare	2 "Sagaie" decoy launchers SLQ-25 Nixie ARBR33 jammer ARBR17 detector

The Duquesne anti-air frigate is a large vessel of the French Navy, designed to protect a fleet against air threats, surface ships, submarines, and, to a lesser extent, provide fire power against land objectives. She is the sister-ship of the Suffren. She is the eighth French vessel named after the 17th century admiral Abraham Duquesne.

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.