Suffren (D602)
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| Career France |  |
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| Builder: | Lorient arsenal |
| Laid down: | 21 décembre 1962 |
| Launched: | 15 May 1965 |
| Commissioned: | 1er October 1967 |
| Decommissioned: | 2008 |
| In service: | 1 April 1969 |
| Out of service: | 2 April 2001 |
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| Homeport: | Lorient Brest (since 1 April 1969) Toulon (since November 1975) |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 5335 tonnes 6780 full load |
| Length: | 158 m |
| Beam: | 15,50 m |
| Draught: | 7,25 m |
| Propulsion: | 4 steam boilers and 4 turbines for 2 propellers; 72500 hp 3440 kW, 2 turbo-alternators and 3 diesel-alternators |
| Speed: | 34 knots |
| Complement: | 23 officers 337 petty officers and sailors |
| Sensors and processing systems: | DRBI23 tridimentional sentry radar DRBV15 surface or low-altitude sentry radar |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: | 2 "Sagaie" decoy launchers SLQ-25 Nixie |
| Armament: | 1 twin launcher of surface-air Masurca missiles (DRBR51-guided) (48 missiles) 4 launchers of MM38 Exocet missiles (4 missiles) |
The Suffren anti-air frigate was 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 Duquesne, and was decommissioned in 2001. She was the seventh French vessel named after the 18th century admiral Pierre André de Suffren; her artillery turrets are named after ships commanded by the marquis of Suffren: turret n°1 is named Héros ("hero") after the Héros, and turret n°2 is named Fantasque, after the Fantasque.
With her sister-ship, she was the first missile-launching destroyer of the French Navy. She was designed to protect the French carriers (the Foch and Clemenceau) against air and submarine threats. In 2001, the Suffren was put in the reserve, her engine becomming too expensive to maintain.
Note: The French navy doesn't use the term "destroyer" for its ships; thus some large ships, referred to as "frigates", are registered as destroyers.
See French ship Suffren for other ships of this name.
[edit] Photographs
 Frigate Suffren in dry dock |
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 Frigate Suffren docked in Toulon beside the Jean Bart |
