French frigate Duquesne (D603)
 Duquesne in 2004 | |
| Career (France) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Duquesne |
| Namesake: | Abraham Duquesne |
| Builder: | Lorient arsenal |
| Laid down: | November 1964 |
| Launched: | 12 February 1966 |
| Commissioned: | 1 April 1970 |
| Out of service: | 2008 |
| Homeport: | Toulon |
| Identification: | D 603 |
| Status: | In active service as a training ship |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Suffren-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 5335 tonnes 6780 full load |
| Length: | 158 m (518 ft) |
| Beam: | 15.50 m (50.9 ft) |
| Draught: | 7.25 m (23.8 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 4 steam boilers and 4 turbines for 2 propellers; 72500 hp 3440 kW, 2 turbo-alternators and 3 diesel-alternators |
| Speed: | 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
| Complement: | 23 officers 337 petty officers and sailors |
| Sensors and processing systems: | DRBI23 tridimentional sentry radar DRBV15 surface or low-altitude sentry radar |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: | 2 "Sagaie" decoy launchers SLQ-25 Nixie |
| Armament: | 1 twin launcher of surface-air Masurca missiles (DRBR51-guided) (48 missiles) 4 launchers of MM38 Exocet missiles (4 missiles) |
Duquesne is a Suffren-class frigate of the French Navy. The French Navy does not use the term "destroyer" for its ships; hence some large ships, referred to as "frigates", are registered as destroyers. She is designed to protect a fleet against air threats, surface ships, submarines, and, to a lesser extent, provide firepower against land objectives. She is the sister-ship of Suffren. She is the eighth French vessel named after the 17th century admiral Abraham Duquesne. Her weapon systems bear names of battles to which Duquesne took part: Messine (turret n°1), Palerme (turret n°2), Alicuri (Malafon launcher), Agosta (Masurca launcher) and Stromboli (MM38 launcher).
Duquesne was decommissioned in 2008, but has been retained for use as a training ship.
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