French frigate Chevalier Paul (D621)

For other ships of the same name, see French ship Chevalier Paul.
Career (France)
Name: Chevalier Paul
Namesake: Chevalier Paul
Operator: Marine Nationale
Ordered: 27 October 2000
Builder: DCNS and Thales Group. Lorient shipyard
Laid down: 13 January 2005
Launched: 12 July 2006
Commissioned: June 2009
Homeport: Toulon
Identification: D 621
Fate: In service, as of 2013
General characteristics
Class and type:Horizon-class frigate
Displacement:7,050 tonnes[1]
Length:152.87 m (501.5 ft)
Beam:20.3 m (67 ft)
Draught:5.4 m (18 ft)
Propulsion:2 × 31280 HP GE/Avio LM2500 gas turbines

2 × 5875 HP SEMT Pielstick 12 PA6 STC diesels
1 × beam propeller

2 × 4-blade propellers
Speed:29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph) (18 on diesel)
Range:7,000 nmi (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)s, 3500 nmi at 25 knots
Boats and landing
craft carried:		EDO, 20-seat EFRC, Hurricane 733
Capacity:32 passengers or admiral staff
Complement:26 officers

110 petty officers

38 sailors
Sensors and
processing systems:		S-1850 LRR tri-dimensional sentry radar with IFF

ABF TUS 4110 CL hull sonar

Tugged linear antenna with Alto torpedo detector
Electronic warfare
and decoys:		Radar jammer

Communication jammer
NGDS system (2 decoy launchers, REM, RIR, LAD)

Contralto system (2 acoustic decoy launchers).
Armament:Anti-air;
  • 1 × PAAMS (48 × Aster 15 or 30 anti-air missiles in SYLVER A50 VLS.)
  • 1 × Sadral launcher with 6 Mistral missiles [2] on starboard roof of hangar

Anti-ship;

  • 8 × Exocet MM40 Block 3 anti-ship missiles

Anti-submarine;

  • 2 × MU90 torpedo tubes

Guns;

Aircraft carried:1 × NH90 helicopter

Chevalier Paul is a Horizon-class frigate of the French Marine Nationale commissioned in June 2009. It is the third vessel of the French Navy named after the 17th century admiral Chevalier Paul.

Chevalier Paul was launched by DCN at Lorient on 12 July 2006. It is the sister-ship of Forbin.

Service history

On 29 August 2013, it left the port city of Toulon. Some reports claimed it has been deployed to the eastern Mediterranean in response to the Syrian Civil War,[3] but the shipping authorities declined to confirm that it was headed to Syria.[4] From 13 to 26 October 2014, the frigate took part in the large international operational exercise Catamaran 2014 that practiced an amphibious assault.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Project Horizon". GlobalSecurity.org. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "Présentation Frégate Horizon Chevalier Paul" (in French). Alabordache.fr. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "French Navy Air Defense Destroyer Chevalier Paul (D621) deploys to the Syrian coasts". NavyRecognition.com. 29 August 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "France: political solution the ultimate goal for Syria". Reuters. 29 August 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
  5. ↑ Vavasseur, Xavier (24 October 2014). "Video and photo coverage: Catamaran 2014 large joint amphibious exercise with CVN, LHD, LPD". NavyRecognition.com. Retrieved 28 November 2014.

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