French frigate Primauguet (D644)
For other ships of the same name, see French ship Primauguet.
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| Name: | Primauguet |
| Laid down: | 17 November 1981 |
| Launched: | 17 March 1984 |
| Commissioned: | 5 November 1986 |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2015 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type: | Georges Leygues-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 3,680 t (3,622 long tons) 4,580 t (4,508 long tons) full load |
| Length: | 139.00 m (456 ft 0 in) |
| Beam: | 14.00 m (45 ft 11 in) |
| Draught: | 5.80 m (19 ft 0 in) |
| Propulsion: | CODOG 2 × Pielstick PA 6 CV280 STD diesels, 5,200 hp (3,878 kW) each 2 × Rolls Royce Olympus TM3B gas turbines, 26,000 hp (19,388 kW) each 2 shafts with controllable pitch propellers |
| Speed: | 29.5 kn (54.6 km/h; 33.9 mph) on gas turbines 21 kn (39 km/h; 24 mph) on diesels |
| Range: | 1,000 nmi (1,900 km) at 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph) on gas turbines 9,500 nmi (17,600 km; 10,900 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) on diesels |
| Complement: | 20 officers 130 non-commissioned officers 98 men |
| Sensors and processing systems: | Detection: Radar: 1 × DRBV 15A air/surface search radar 1 × DRBC 33A fire control 2 × DRBN 32 (Decca RM 1226) navigation Sonar: 1 × DUBV 24C bow sonar 1 × DUBV 43C Variable Depth Sonar 1 × DSBV 61A towed array Tactical information: SENIT 4 |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: | 2 × ARBR 16 radar intercept ARBB jammer 2 × Decoy rocket launchers 1 × AN/SLQ-25 Nixie ARBG 1A HF/VHF COMINT system |
| Armament: | Anti-air: 1 × Crotale EDIR system - 8 missiles on launcher + 18 stored 2 × Simbad systems - 2 × 2 Mistral missiles 1 × CADAM 100 mm main gun 2 × 20 mm guns 2 × 12.7 mm machine guns Anti-surface: 8 × Exocet MM40 missiles Anti-submarine: 10 × L5 Mod4 torpedoes 2 × L5 torpedo launchers |
| Aircraft carried: | 2 × Lynx WG13 Mk.4 helicopters |
| Aviation facilities: | Hangar and flight deck |
Primauguet is a F70 type anti-submarine frigate of the French Marine Nationale. She is the sixth French vessel named after the 15th century captain Hervé de Portzmoguer.
Note: The French navy doesn't use the term "destroyer" for its ships; hence some large ships, referred to as "frigates", are registered as destroyers.
Sources and references
- ↑ Baker 1998, pp. 218–220.
- Baker, A.D. The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World 1998–1999. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press, 1998. ISBN 1-55750-111-4.
- NetMarine
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