French frigate Duguay-Trouin
![]() The hull of the ex-frigate Duguay-Trouin was used as a breakwater on the waters of the École Navale in Lanvéoc-Poulmic. | |
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Name | Duguay-Trouin |
Namesake | René Duguay-Trouin |
Builder | Lorient arsenal |
Laid down | 25 February 1971 |
Launched | 1 June 1973 |
Commissioned | 17 September 1975 |
Decommissioned | 13 July 1999 |
Homeport | Brest |
Identification | D 611 |
Fate | Scrapped July 2020 |
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Class and type | Tourville-class frigate |
Displacement | 4580 tonnes (6100 tonnes fully loaded) |
Length | 152.75 m (501.1 ft) |
Beam | 15.80 m (51.8 ft) |
Draught | 6.60 m (21.7 ft) |
Installed power | 58,000 hp (43,000 kW) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) |
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Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys |
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Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 2 Lynx WG13 helicopters |
Duguay-Trouin was a F67 type frigate built for the French Marine Nationale during the Cold War. The F67s specialised in anti-submarine warfare, though they also had anti-air and anti-surface capabilities. She was the 10th French vessel named after the 17th century privateer René Duguay-Trouin.
Construction and career
[edit]Duguary-Trouin was laid down on 26 February 1971 at the Arsenal de Lorient, launched on 1 June 1973 and commissioned on 17 September 1975.[1]
She was decommissioned on 13 July 1999 and was used for a harbour wave-breaker protection. On 3 July 2020, the vessel arrived at the breakers in Ghent, Belgium.
Citations
[edit]- ^ Jordan, p. 113
Bibliography
[edit]- Jordan, John (1995). "France". In Chumbley, Stephen (ed.). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. pp. 95–131. ISBN 1-55750-132-7.