Suffren class frigate
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 Frigate Duquesne |
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Suffren |
| Operators: |  French Navy |
| Succeeded by: | Horizon class frigate |
| In service: | - 2001 |
| In commission: | 1st October 1967 |
| Completed: | 2 |
| Active: | 1 |
| Laid up: | 1 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | frigate |
| Displacement: | 5335 tonnes |
| Length: | 158 m |
| Beam: | 15.50 m |
| Draught: | 7.25 m |
| Propulsion: | 4 steam boilers and 4 turbines for 2 propellers; 72,500 hp (54 MW) |
| Speed: | 34 knots |
| Boats and landing craft carried: |
1 EDL 700, 1 EDO, 1 10-seat EFRC, 1 10-seat EFR. |
| Complement: | 360 men, including 23 officers. |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
DRBI23 tridimentional sentry radar |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: |
2 "Sagaie" decoy launchers |
| Armament: |
48 surface-air Masurca missiles (DRBR51-guided) |
| Notes: | Ships in class include: Suffren and Duquesne |
The Suffren type anti-air frigates are first-rank destroyers of the French Navy, designed to protect a fleet against air threats, surface ships, submarines, and, to a lesser extent, provide fire power against land objectives. They were the first French ships to be built specifically as guided missile frigates.
The two ships of the class are
The Duquesne is due to be decommissioned in 2007.
[edit] Photographs
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 Close-up of the turret of the Duquesne |
 100 mm guns of the Duquesne |
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 Frigate Suffren in dry dock |
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 Frigate Suffren docked in Toulon beside the Jean Bart |
 Radar dome of the Duquesne |
