Cassard (D 614)

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Career (France)

Fate:	In active service
General characteristics
Class and type:	Cassard class
Type:	frigate
Displacement:	4500 t
Length:	139 m
Beam:	14 m
Draught:	6 m
Propulsion:	4 Pielstick PA6 BTC disesel engines 2 fixed pace propellers 4 diesel-alternators (3400 kW) for electrical plant
Speed:	25 knots (46 km/h)
Range:	8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km) at 17 knots (31 km/h)
Troops:	room for special forces
Complement:	22 officers 142 non-commissioned officers 80 enlisted personnel
Sensors and processing systems:	DRBV26C sentry radar 1 DRBJ11B tri-dimensional air sentry radar 1 DIBV2A infra-red alert system 2 DRBN34 navigation and landing radar 1 DUBV 24C hull sonar
Electronic warfare and decoys:	1 ARBR 17 radar detector 1 SAIGON radio emission detector 1 ARBB 33 jammer 2 SAGAIE NG decoy launchers 2 DAGAIE decoy launchers 1 Syracuse II system
Armament:	Anti-air 1 Tartar system 2 Sadral systems (2 x 6 Mistral missiles) 1 x 100 mm CADAM turret 2 x 20 mm F2 4 x 12.7 mm machine guns Anti-ship 8 Exocet MM40 missiles Anti-submarine 10 L5 Mod4 torpedoes L5 torpedoes launchers
Aircraft carried:	1 Panther helicopter

The Cassard (D614) is an anti-air frigate of the French Marine Nationale, lead ship of the Cassard type. She is the 10th vessel of the French Navy named after the XVIIIth Century captain Jacques Cassard. She is the sister-ship of the Jean Bart.

The Cassard was fitted with a number of prototype equipements which were later incorporated in the La Fayette type frigates.

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.