French frigate Dupleix

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Dupleix.

History
France
Name	Dupleix
Namesake	Joseph François Dupleix
Builder	Brest arsenal
Laid down	17 October 1975
Launched	2 December 1978
Commissioned	13 June 1981
Decommissioned	July 2015
Identification	MMSI number: 228723000
General characteristics
Class and type	Template:Sclass-
Displacement	3,550 t (3,494 long tons) 4,500 t (4,429 long tons) full load
Length	139 m (456 ft 0 in)
Beam	14 m (45 ft 11 in)
Height	39.36 m (129 ft 2 in)
Draught	5.8 m (19 ft 0 in)
Propulsion	CODOG 2 × Pielstick PA 6 V280 STD diesels, 5,200 hp (3,878 kW) 2 × Rolls Royce Olympus TM3B gas turbines, 26,000 hp (19,388 kW) 2 shafts with 4-blade controllable pitch propellers
Speed	30 knots (35 mph; 56 km/h) on gas turbines 21 knots (24 mph; 39 km/h) on diesels
Range	1,000 nmi (1,900 km) at 30 kn (35 mph; 56 km/h) on gas turbines 10,000 nmi (19,000 km) at 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h) on diesels
Complement	20 officers 120 non-commissioned officers 95 men
Sensors and processing systems	Detection: 1 Air/surface sentry radar DRBV51C 1 Air sentry radar DRBV 26 1 Fire control radar DRBC 32E 2 Navigation radar KH 1007 1 Hull sonar DUBV 23 1 Towed sonar DUBV 43C Tactical information: SENIT 4 SEAO/OPSMER
Electronic warfare & decoys	2 Radar interceptors ARBR 16 2 × Syllex chaff launchers
Armament	Anti-air: 1 × Crotale EDIR system - 8 missiles on launcher + 18 stored 2 × Sadral - 2 × 6 Mistral missiles 1 × CADAM 100 mm main gun 2 × 20 mm guns 4 × 12.7 mm machine guns Anti-surface: 4 × Exocet MM38 missiles Anti-submarine: 10 × L5 Mod4 torpedoes 2 × L5 torpedo launchers
Aircraft carried	2 × Lynx WG13 Mk.4 helicopters, each with: 1 × DUAV4 sonar Rheseda system for transmission of acoustic data 12 × Mark 46 torpedoes

Dupleix is a F70 type anti-submarine frigate of the French Navy. She is the fourth French vessel (beside also two French commercial ships) named after the 18th century Governor of Pondichéry and Governor-General of the French possessions in India marquess Joseph François Dupleix.

Note: The French navy doesn't use the term "destroyer" for its ships; hence some large ships, referred to as "frigates", are registered as destroyers.