Template:Class box Lafayette frigate
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[edit] La Fayette class frigate
- Builders:
France - Type: Stealthy patrol frigate
- Displacement: 3,280 long tons (3,330 t)
- Aircraft: 1 Eurocopter Panther helicopter
- Armament: 8 Exocet SSM; 8 Crotale SAM; 1 × 100 mm gun; 2 × 20 mm guns
- Powerplant: 4 diesel engines; 2 shafts; 17,600 brake horsepower (13,100 kW) total power
- Speed: 25 knots (46 km/h)
- Range: 9,000 nautical miles (17,000 km) at economical speed, 12 knots (22 km/h)
- Ships in class: 14
- Operators:
Marine Nationale, 
Royal Saudi Navy, 
Republic of China Navy - Commissioned: 1995
- Fate: In active service
