[b][color=FF0000]F.S. LATOUCHE-TREVILLE[/color][/b] 16.06.2010 river Thames
French
D646
Laid down: 15 February 1984
Launched: 19 March 1988
Commissioned: 16 July 1990
General characteristics
Class and 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: CODOG
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
and decoys: • 2 Radar interceptors ARBR 16
• 2 × Syllex chaff launchers
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
• 4 × 12.7 mm machine guns
Anti-surface:
• 4 × Exocet MM38 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