Template:Class box Lafayette frigate

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Surcouf (F711)
Surcouf (F711)

[edit] La Fayette class frigate

  • Builders: Flag of France France
  • Type: Stealthy patrol frigate
  • Displacement: 3,280 long tons (3,330 t)
  • Aircraft: 1 Eurocopter Panther helicopter
  • Armament: 8 Exocet SSM; 8 Crotale SAM; 1 × 100 mm gun; 2 × 20 mm guns
  • Powerplant: 4 diesel engines; 2 shafts; 17,600 brake horsepower (13,100 kW) total power
  • Speed: 25 knots (46 km/h)
  • Range: 9,000 nautical miles (17,000 km) at economical speed, 12 knots (22 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 14
  • Operators: Naval flag of France Marine Nationale, Naval flag of Saudi Arabia Royal Saudi Navy, Naval flag of Republic of China Republic of China Navy
  • Commissioned: 1995
  • Fate: In active service