French frigate Suffren

Suffren in 1983
History
France
Name	Suffren
Namesake	Pierre André de Suffren
Builder	Lorient arsenal
Laid down	21 December 1962
Launched	15 May 1965
Commissioned	1 October 1967
Decommissioned	2 April 2001
Identification	Pennant number: D602
General characteristics
Type	Suffren-class frigate
Displacement	5,335 t (5,251 long tons) (standard) 6,780 t (6,670 long tons) (full load)
Length	157.6 m (517 ft 1 in) oa
Beam	15.54 m (51 ft 0 in)
Draught	7.4 m (24 ft 3 in)
Propulsion	4 × boilers 4 × geared turbines 54,063 kW (72,500 shp) 2 × propellers
Speed	34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range	5,100 nmi (9,400 km; 5,900 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	355, including 23 officers
Sensors and processing systems	DRBI 23 tridimensional sentry radar DRBV 15 surface or low-altitude sentry radar DRBC 33 multi-system targeting radar DRBN 34 DRBR 51
Electronic warfare & decoys	2 × Sagaie decoy launchers SLQ-25 Nixie towed decoy ARBR 33 jammer ARBR 17 detector
Armament	48 × Masurca surface-to-air missiles (DRBR 51 guided) 4 × MM38 Exocet anti-ship missiles 10 × L5 anti-submarine torpedoes 2 × single 100 mm turrets 4 × single 20 mm cannons 4 × 12.7 mm machine guns

Suffren was a Suffren-class frigate of the French Navy, 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 Duquesne, and was decommissioned in 2001. She was the seventh French vessel named after the 18th century admiral Pierre André de Suffren.