FS Jean Bart departing from Constanta
Pennant: D 615
Builder: DCNS S.A.
Laid down: 12 February 1986
Launched: 19 March 1988
Commissioned: 21 September 1991
Cassard-class frigate
Displacement: 4,500 t
Length: 139 m
Beam: 14 m
Draught: 6 m
Propulsion:
4 Pielstick PA6 BTC diesel engines
2 fixed pitch propellers
4 diesel-alternators (3400 kW) for electrical plant
Speed: 25 knots (46 km/h)
Range: 8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km) at 17 knots (31 km/h)
Room for special forces
Complement: 22 officers
142 non-commissioned officers
80 enlisted personnel
Sensors and processing systems:
DRBV26C sentry radar
1 DRBJ11B tri-dimensional air sentry radar
1 DIBV2A infra-red alert system
2 DRBN34 navigation and landing radar
1 DUBV 24C hull sonar
Electronic warfare & decoys:
1 ARBR 17 radar detector
1 SAIGON radio emission detector
1 ARBB 33 jammer
2 SAGAIE NG decoy launchers
2 DAGAIE decoy launchers
1 Syracuse II system
Armament: Anti-air;
1 × Mk 13 launcher (40 × Standard SM-1MR anti-air missiles)
Anti-ship;
8 × MM40 Exocet anti-ship missiles
Anti-submarine;
2 × fixed torpedo tubes (10 × L5 mod 4 torpedoes)
Guns; 1 × Creusot- Loire Compact 100 mm/55 Mod 68 DP gun
2 × 20 mm F2 anti-aircraft guns
4 × 12.7 mm machine guns CIWS;
2 × Sadral sextuple launcher (39 × Mistral CIWS anti-air missiles)
Aircraft carried: 1 × Panther anti-submarine helicopter