French frigate Cassard

History
France
Name	Cassard
Namesake	Jacques Cassard
Builder	DCNS S.A.
Laid down	3 September 1982
Launched	6 February 1985
Commissioned	29 July 1988
Identification	D 614
Fate	In active service
General characteristics
Class and type	Cassard-class frigate
Displacement	4500 t
Length	139 m (456 ft)
Beam	14 m (46 ft)
Draught	6 m (20 ft)
Propulsion	4 Pielstick PA6 BTC disesel engines 2 fixed pace propellers 4 diesel-alternators (3400 kW) for electrical plant
Speed	25 knots (46 km/h)
Range	8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km) at 17 knots (31 km/h)
Troops	room for special forces
Complement	22 officers 142 non-commissioned officers 80 enlisted personnel
Sensors and processing systems	DRBV26C sentry radar 1 DRBJ11B tri-dimensional air sentry radar 1 DIBV2A infra-red alert system 2 DRBN34 navigation and landing radar 1 DUBV 24C hull sonar
Electronic warfare & decoys	1 ARBR 17 radar detector 1 SAIGON radio emission detector 1 ARBB 33 jammer 2 SAGAIE NG decoy launchers 2 DAGAIE decoy launchers 1 Syracuse II system
Armament	Anti-air; 1 × Mk 13 launcher (40 × Standard SM-1MR anti-air missiles) Anti-ship; 8 × MM40 Exocet anti-ship missiles Anti-submarine; 2 × fixed torpedo tubes (10 × L5 mod 4 torpedoes) Guns; 1 × Creusot- Loire Compact 100mm/55 Mod 68 DP gun 2 × 20mm F2 anti-aircraft guns 4 × 12.7mm machine guns CIWS; 2 × Sadral sextuple launcher (39 × Mistral CIWS anti-air missiles)
Aircraft carried	1 × Panther anti-submarine helicopter

Tartar SM1 missile on Cassard.

Cassard is an anti-aircraft frigate of the French Marine Nationale, lead ship of the Cassard-class. She is the 10th vessel of the French Navy named after the 18th century captain Jacques Cassard.

Cassard was fitted with a number of prototype equipment which were later incorporated into the La Fayette-class frigates.

She will be part of Operation Griffin Strike.