Commandant Rivière class frigate
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 Escort Commandant Bourdais on the Seine river in July 1989 |
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Commandant Rivière |
| Builders: | Arsenal de Lorient |
| Operators: |  Marine Nationale Uruguayan Navy |
| In commission: | 1962 - 1991 |
| Completed: | 9 |
| Active: | 3 (Urugay) |
| Retired: | 6 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | frigate |
| Displacement: | 1750 tons standard, 2230 tons full load |
| Length: | 98 m |
| Beam: | 11.5 m |
| Draught: | 4.3 m |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft diesel 16,000 hp |
| Speed: | 25 knots |
| Range: | 7500 nm at 16 knots |
| Boats and landing craft carried: |
LCPS boats |
| Complement: | 9 officers 67 non-commissioned officers 93 Quarter-masters and sailors |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
DRBV22A sentry radar |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: |
ARBR10 radar detector |
| Armament: |
3 x 100 mm guns (3x1) - one gun later replaced by 4 MM38 Exocet Missiles |
The Commandant Rivière class were a group of frigates built for the French Navy in the late 1950s and early 1960s. They were desined to perform the role of overseas patrol sloop in peacetime and Anti-Submarine escort in wartime. Four similar ships were built for the Portuguese Navy as the João Belo class frigate. The ships had accommodation for an 80 man commando detachment with two (25 man capacity) fast landing boats.
All ships were decommissioned in the mid 1990s and three frigates were sold to the Uruguayan Navy.
[edit] Ships
All French ships were built by Arsenal de Lorient
| Pennant | Name | Namesake | Commissioned | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F725 | Victor Schoelcher | Victor Schoelcher | 1962 | Sold to Uruguay 1988 as the General Artigas |
| F726 | Commandant Bory | Victor Bory | 1964 | Decommissioned late 1990s |
| F727 | Admiral Charner | Léopold Victor Charner | 14 December 1962 | Sold to Uruguay 1991 as the Montevideo |
| F 728 | Doudart de Lagrée | Ernest Doudart de Lagrée | 1 May 1963 | Decommissioned 1991 |
| F729 | Balny | Adrien-Paul Balny d'Avricourt | 1 February 1970 | Decommissioned 1994 |
| F 733 | Commandant Rivière | Henri Rivière | 4 December 1962 | Trials ship 1986 - decommissioned late 1990s |
| F740 | Commandant Bourdais | Adrien Bourdais | 10 March 1963 | Sold to Uruguay 1990 as the Uruguay |
| F748 | Protet | Auguste Léopold Protet | 1 May 1964 | Decommissioned 1992 |
| F749 | Enseigne de Vaisseau Henry | Paul Henry | 1 January 1965 | Decommissioned 1994 |
