FS BRETAGNE D655
Class: FREMM class.
Builders: France and Italy
Operators: French Navy / Italian Navy / Royal Moroccan Navy / Egyptian Navy
Preceded by: Georges Leygues class France
Cassard class France
Soldati class Italy
Maestrale class Italy
Cost:
€670m/unit FY 2014 France dependent upon final requirement
€598m/unit FY 2016 Italy dependent upon final requirement
€470m/unit Morocco dependent upon final requirement
Built: 2007 -
In commission: 2012 -
Planned: 20 (Italy 10, France 8, Morocco 1, Egypt 1)
Cancelled: 9 out of originally 17 for the French navy
Active: 12 (Italy 6, France 4, Morocco 1, Egypt 1)
General characteristics
Type: Frigate
Displacement:
France: 6,000 tonnes
Italy: 6,700 tonnes (light displacement 5,500 tonnes)
Length:
France: 142m LOA
Italy: 144.6m LOA
Italy: 132.5m LPP
Beam:
France: 20m
Italy: 19.7m
Draught:
France: 5m
Italy: 8.7m
Draft: Italy: 5.1m
Propulsion:
France: CODLOG
Italy: CODLAG
1 × 32 MWS gas turbine General Electric/Avio LM2500 + G4
2 × 2.5 MWS electric motors Jeumont Electric
4 × diesel generators
France: MTU Series 4000 (2,2 MWS everyone)
Italy: Isotta Fraschini VL 1716 (T2ME series by 2,15 MWS everyone, on first two frigate; HPCR series by 2,8 MWS everyone, since the third frigate)
2 × shafts, driving controllable pitch propellers
1 × 1 MW bow thruster
Speed:
France: max +27 knots (50km/h; 31mph); max cruise speed 15.6knots (28.9km/h; 18.0mph)
Italy: max +30 knots (56km/h; 35mph); max cruise speed +17 knots (31km/h; 20mph)
Range:
France: 6,000nmi (11,000km; 6,900mi) at 15 knots (28km/h; 17mph)
Italy: 6,800nmi (12,600km; 7,800mi) at 15 knots (28km/h; 17mph)
Complement:
France: 145
Italy: 199 GP version / 201 ASW version
Crew: Italy: 131 GP version / 133 ASW version; add 14 crew for one helo on board or add 23 crew for two helos on board
Sensors and processing systems:
France: Héraklès multi-purpose passive electronically scanned array radar
Italy: Leonardo Kronos Grand Naval (MFRA) Active electronically scanned array radar
Armament:
Anti-air missiles:
France: 16-cell MBDA SYLVER A43 VLS for 16 MBDA Aster 15 missiles
Italy: 16-cell MBDA SYLVER A50 VLS for 16 MBDA Aster 15 and 30 missiles
Guns:
France: 1 × Leonardo OTO Melara 76mm SR gun
Italy: 2 × Leonardo OTO Melara 76/62mm Davide/Strales CIWS guns (ASuW variant)
1 × Leonardo Otobreda 127/64 Vulcano and 1 × Leonardo OTO Melara 76/62mm Davide/Strales CIWS gun (GP variant)
Small guns:
France: 3 × Nexter 20mm Narwhal remote weapon systems
Italy: 2 × Leonardo Oto Melara/Oerlikon KBA 25/80mm remote weapon systems
Anti-ship missiles:
France: 8 × MBDA MM-40 Exocet block 3 anti-ship missiles
Italy: 8 × MBDA TeseoOtomat Mk-2/A anti-ship and land attack missiles
Land - attack cruise missiles:
France: 16-cell MBDA SYLVER A70 VLS for 16 MBDA SCALP Naval land-attack cruise missiles
Anti-submarine warfare:
France: 2 x double Leonardo (WASS) B-515 launcher for MU 90 torpedoes
Italy: 2 x triple Leonardo (WASS) B-515/3 launcher for MU 90 torpedoes and (only ASW variant) 4 x MBDA Milas missiles
Italy: 2 x SITEP MASS CS-424 acoustic guns (update since 2017)
Aircraft carried:
France:1 × NH90
Italy: 2 × SH90 or 1 × SH90 and 1 × AW101 (armed with MU 90 torpedoes or MBDA Marte Mk2/S missiles)
Aviation facilities:
France: single hangar
Italy: double hangar