Tourville (D 610)
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| Career France |  |
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| Laid down: | 16 March 1970 |
| Launched: | 13 May 1973 |
| Commissioned: | 14 June 1975 |
| Status: | |
| Homeport: | Brest |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 4580 tonnes (6100 tonnes fully loaded) |
| Length: | 152.75 m |
| Beam: | 15.80 m |
| Draught: | 6.60 m |
| Propulsion: | 2 Rateau steam turbines, double reduction 4 multitubular boilers |
| Speed: | 32 knots (59 km/h) |
| Range: | 1900 nautical miles (3500 km) at 30 knots (56 km/h) 4500 nautical miles (8300 km) and 18 knots (33 km/h) |
| Complement: | 24 officers 160 non-commissioned officers |
| Sensors and processing systems: | Detection
Tactical information
Transmissions
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| Electronic warfare and decoys: | 1 ARBB 32 jammer 1 ARBR 16 radar interceptor |
| Armament: | Anti-air
Anti-surface
Anti-submarine
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| Aircraft carried: | 2 Lynx WG13 |
The Tourvile is a F67 type large high-sea frigates of the French Marine Nationale specialised in anti-submarine warfare, though it also has anti-air and anti-surface capabilities. She is named after the XVIIth Century admiral count Anne-Hilarion de Cotentin de Tourville.
Between 1994 and 1996, the Tourville (and the De Grasse) was refitted with the modern SLAMS anti-submarine system, an active Very Low Frequencies sonar.
The three ships of the class are
- D610 Tourville
- D611 Duguay-Trouin (decommissioned in 1999)
- D612 De Grasse
[edit] See also
- French ship Tourville for other ships of the name
[edit] Photographs
 close-up of the bridge of the Tourville. The rescue crafts are clearly visible, as well as the Exocet launchers and the firing control systems |
 close-up of the bow deck of the Tourville; the 100mm turret is clearly visible |
 close-up of the bow deck of the Tourville; the 100mm turret is clearly visible |
 The frigate Tourville |
 The frigate Tourville |
