Name: FS PRIMAUGUET D644
Laid down: 17 November 1981
Launched: 17 March 1984
Commissioned: 5 November 1986
Status: in active service
General characteristics
Class and type: Georges Leygues-class frigate
Displacement:
3,680t (3,622 long tons)
4,580t (4,508 long tons) full load
Length: 139.00m
Beam: 14.00m
Draught: 5.80m
Propulsion:
CODOG
2 × Pielstick PA 6 CV280 STD diesels, 5,200hp (3,878kws) each
2 × Rolls Royce Olympus TM3B gas turbines, 26,000hp (19,388kws) each
2 shafts with controllable pitch propellers
Speed:
29.5kn (54.6km/h; 33.9mph) on gas turbines
21kn (39km/h; 24mph) on diesels
Range:
1,000nmi (1,900km) at 30kn (56km/h; 35mph) on gas turbines
9,500nmi (17,600km; 10,900mi) at 15kn (28km/h; 17mph) on diesels
Complement: 20 officers 130 non-commissioned officers 98 men
Sensors and processing systems:
Detection:
Radar:
1 × DRBV 15A air/surface search radar
1 × DRBC 33A fire control
2 × DRBN 32 (Decca RM 1226) navigation
Sonar:
1 × DUBV 24C bow sonar
1 × DUBV 43C Variable Depth Sonar
1 × DSBV 61A towed array
Tactical information:
SENIT 4
Electronic warfare and decoys:
2 × ARBR 16 radar intercept
ARBB jammer
2 × Decoy rocket launchers
1 × AN/SLQ-25 Nixie
ARBG 1A HF/VHF COMINT system
Armament:
Anti-air:
1 × Crotale EDIR system - 8 missiles on launcher + 18 stored
2 × Simbad systems - 2 × 2 Mistral missiles
1 × CADAM 100mm main gun
2 × 20mm guns
2 × 12.7mm machine guns
Anti-surface:
8 × Exocet MM40 missiles
Anti-submarine:
10 × L5 Mod4 torpedoes
2 × L5 torpedo launchers
Aircraft carried: 2 × Lynx WG13 Mk.4 helicopters
Aviation facilities: Hangar and flight deck