French frigate Montcalm (D642)
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| History | |
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 France
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| Name: | Montcalm |
| Namesake: | Louis de Montcalm de Saint Véran |
| Builder: | Brest arsenal |
| Laid down: | 5 December 1975 |
| Launched: | 31 May 1980 |
| Commissioned: | 28 May 1982 |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2016 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Georges Leygues-class frigate |
| Displacement: |
3,550 t (3,494 long tons) 4,500 t (4,429 long tons) full load |
| Length: | 139 m (456 ft 0 in) |
| Beam: | 14 m (45 ft 11 in) |
| Height: | 39.36 m (129 ft 2 in) |
| Draught: | 5.8 m (19 ft 0 in) |
| Propulsion: |
2 × Pielstick PA 6 V280 STD diesels, 5,200 hp (3,878 kW) 2 × Rolls Royce Olympus TM3B gas turbines, 26,000 hp (19,388 kW) 2 shafts with 4-blade controllable pitch propellers |
| Speed: |
30 knots (35 mph; 56 km/h) on gas turbines 21 knots (24 mph; 39 km/h) on diesels |
| Range: |
1,000 nmi (1,900 km) at 30 kn (35 mph; 56 km/h) on gas turbines 10,000 nmi (19,000 km) at 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h) on diesels |
| Complement: |
20 officers 120 non-commissioned officers 95 men |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
Detection: 1 Air/surface sentry radar DRBV51C 1 Air sentry radar DRBV 26 1 Fire control radar DRBC 32E 2 Navigation radar KH 1007 1 Hull sonar DUBV 23 1 Towed sonar DUBV 43C Tactical information: SENIT 4 SEAO/OPSMER |
| Electronic warfare & decoys: |
2 Radar interceptors ARBR 16 2 × Syllex chaff launchers |
| Armament: |
Anti-air: 1 × Crotale EDIR system - 8 missiles on launcher + 18 stored 2 × Siadral systems - 2 × 6 Mistral missiles 2 × 20 mm guns 4 × 12.7 mm machine guns Anti-surface: 4 × Exocet MM40 missiles Anti-submarine: 10 × L5 Mod4 torpedoes 2 × L5 torpedo launchers |
| Aircraft carried: |
2 × Lynx WG13 Mk.4 helicopters, each with: 1 × DUAV4 sonar Rheseda system for transmission of acoustic data 12 × Mark 46 torpedoes (to be replaced by MU90 torpedoes) |
Montcalm is a F70 type anti-submarine frigate of the French Marine Nationale. The French navy does not use the term "destroyer" for any of its ships; hence some of the larger ships, referred to as "frigates", are registered as destroyers. She is the fourth French vessel named after the 18th century Marshal marquess Louis de Montcalm de Saint Véran.
Operational history
Montcalm was involved in operations off Libya during the 2011 Libyan Civil War.[1] From 13 to 26 October 2014, the frigate took part in the large international operational exercise Catamaran 2014 that practiced an amphibious assault.[2]
References
- ↑ Preston, Andrew (28 May 2011). "Here's looking at you, Mr Gaddafi: On board naval destroyer HMS Liverpool, currently under enemy fire off the coast of Libya". The Daily Mail.
- ↑ 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.
External links
Media related to Montcalm (D642) at Wikimedia Commons
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