French frigate Montcalm
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History | |
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France | |
Name | Montcalm |
Builder | Brest arsenal |
Laid down | 5 December 1975 |
Launched | 31 May 1980 |
Commissioned | 28 May 1982 |
Status | in active service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Georges Leygues-class frigate |
Displacement | list error: <br /> list (help) 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 | list error: <br /> list (help) 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 | list error: <br /> list (help) 30 knots (35 mph; 56 km/h) on gas turbines 21 knots (24 mph; 39 km/h) on diesels |
Range | list error: <br /> list (help) 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 | list error: <br /> list (help) 20 officers 120 non-commissioned officers 95 men |
Sensors and processing systems | list error: <br /> list (help) 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 | list error: <br /> list (help) 2 Radar interceptors ARBR 16 2 × Syllex chaff launchers |
Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) Anti-air: 1 × Crotale EDIR system - 8 missiles on launcher + 18 stored 2 × Siadral systems - 2×6 Mistral missiles 1 × CADAM 100 mm main gun 2 × 20 mm guns 4 × 12.7 mm machine guns Anti-surface: 4 × Exocet MM40 missiles Anti-submarine: 10 × L5 Mod4 torpedoes 2 × L5 torpedo launchers |
Aircraft carried | list error: <br /> list (help) 2 × Lynx WG13 Mk.4 helicopters, each with: 1 × DUAV4 sonar Rheseda system for transmission of acoustic data 12 × Mark 46 torpedoes (to be replaced by MU90 torpedoes) |
Montcalm is a F70 type anti-submarine frigate of the French Marine Nationale. She is the fourth French vessel named after the 18th century Marshal marquess Louis de Montcalm de Saint Véran. She is involved in operations off Libya.[1]
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.
References
External links
- Media related to Montcalm (D642) at Wikimedia Commons