 De Grasse
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| Class overview |
|---|
| Name | Tourville class |
| Operators |  French Navy |
| Preceded by | Aconit |
| Succeeded by | Georges Leygues class |
| Completed | 3 |
| Retired | 3 |
| General characteristics |
|---|
| Type | Frigate |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 152.75 m (501 ft 2 in) |
| Beam | 15.80 m (51 ft 10 in) |
| Draught | 6.60 m (21 ft 8 in) |
| Propulsion |
- 2 × Rateau steam turbines, double reduction
- 4 × multi-tubular boilers
- 2 × fixed propellers
- 58,000 shp (43,251 kW)
- Fuel: Gazoil
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| Speed | 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) |
| Range |
- 1,900 nmi (3,500 km; 2,200 mi) at 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
- 4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
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| Complement |
- 24 officers
- 160 non-commissioned officers
- 115 men
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Sensors and
processing systems |
- DRBV 51B surface sentry radar
- DRBV 26A air sentry radar
- DRBC 32D targeting radar
- 2 × DRBN 34 navigation radars
- DUBV 23 hull sonar
- ETBF DSBV 62C sonar
- DSBX 1 towed sonar
- Syva torpedo alert system
- SENIT 3 tactical data processing
- SEAO/OPSMER combat decision-making system
- HF, UHF, VHF and SHF liaison systems
- Syracuse 2
- Inmarsat
- Link 11
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Electronic warfare
& decoys |
- ARBB 32 jammer
- ARBR 16 radar interceptor
- 2 × Syllex decoy launchers
- Bubble belt
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| Armament |
- Anti-ship;
- 6 × Exocet MM38 anti-ship missiles
- Anti-submarine;
- 2 × L5 torpedo launchers, 10 torpedoes on board (L5 mod 4)
- Guns;
- 2 × 100 mm turrets (1968 model)
- 2 × 20 mm cannons
- 4 × 12.7 mm machine guns
- CIWS;
- 1 × Crotale EDIR CIWS anti-air missiles (8 missiles on launcher, 16 in magazine)
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| Aircraft carried | 2 × Lynx WG13 anti-ship helicopters |
The F67 type, also known as the Tourville class was a class of large high-sea (blue water) Frigates of the French Navy specialised in anti-submarine warfare. They had anti-air and anti-surface capabilities.
Between 1994 and 1996, Tourville and De Grasse were refitted with the modern SLASM anti-submarine system, and active Very Low Frequency (VLF) sonar.
French Navy