Suffren class frigate

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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; 72,500 hp (54 MW)
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 Suffren type anti-air frigates are first-rank vessels 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. They were the first French ships to be built specifically as guided missile frigates.

The two ships of the class are

D602 Suffren (decommissioned in 2001)
D603 Duquesne

The Duquesne is due to be decommissioned in 2007.

[edit] Photographs

	Close-up of the turret of the Duquesne	100 mm guns of the Duquesne
		Frigate Suffren in dry dock
Frigate Suffren docked in Toulon beside the Jean Bart	Radar dome of the Duquesne