French Navy (Marine nationale) Suffrent-class destroyer (termed “frégate”) “Duquesne” at the Jubilee Naval Review, Spithead, 28th June 1977.
Builder: Brest Dockyard
Displacements: 5,335 (light), 6,780 (Full Load)
Length overall: 157.6 m
Max. draft: 6.1 m
Engines: double-reduction geared turbines, total 72,500 s.h.p.
Speed: 34 knots
Complement: 38 officers, 388 ratings
Laid down November 1964
Commissioned April 1970
Decommissioned 2008, anchored at St Mandrier as a breakwater for training use by the Naval Diving School.