French frigate Cassard (D 614)
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| 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 |
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| Class & type: | Cassard-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 4500 t |
| Length: | 139 m (456 ft) |
| Beam: | 14 m (46 ft) |
| Draught: | 6 m (20 ft) |
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| 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 |
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| Armament: |
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Anti-ship; Anti-submarine;
Guns;
CIWS;
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| 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.
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