Dupuy de Lôme (A759)
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| Name: | Dupuy de Lôme |
| Namesake: | Henri Dupuy de Lôme |
| Launched: | 27 March 2004 |
| Commissioned: | April 2006 |
| Status: | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 3100 t (3600 t full load) |
| Length: | 101.75 metres |
| Beam: | 15.85 metres |
| Draught: | 4.9 metres |
| Propulsion: | 2 Mak 9M25 diesels |
| Speed: | 16 knots |
| Range: | 6300 km |
| Complement: | 8 officers, 16 Warrant officers, 6 quarter-masters, 78 engineers |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
2 DRBN38A navigation radars |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: |
ARBR-21 radar detector |
| Armament: | 2 x 12.7mm M2 Browing machine guns |
The Dupuy de Lôme (A759), named after the 19th century engineer Dupuy de Lôme, is a signal and communication intelligence ship that entered the service of the French Navy in April 2006. In contrast with the Bougainville, the ship that she will replace, the Dupuy de Lôme was specifically designed for sea intelligence, in the framework of the MINREM project (Moyen Interarmées Naval de recherche ElectroMagnétique).
The Dupuy de Lôme was designed under civilian standards. She will be able to be operational 350 days a year. The ship will be operated by the Navy, with 78 specialists of the Direction du Renseignement Militaire aboard.
