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Tourville Class

Name	Builders	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned
F606 / D612 De Grasse	L	14th June 1972	30th November 1974	1st October 1977
F605 / D611 Duguay-Trouin	L	25th February 1971	1st June 1973	17th September 1975
F604 / D610 Tourville	L	16th March 1970	13th May 1972	21st June 1974

Builders:
L : Lorient Naval Dockyard, Lorient, France

Dimensions:
501' 9" x 50' 1" x 19' / 153.00m x 15.30m x 5.80m

Displacement:
4600 tons std / 5700 tons max

Complement:
299

Armament:
3 x 3.9"/55 DCN guns in single turrets
4 x 20mm GIAT guns in single mountings
4 x 21.7" torpedo tubes
6 x MM38 Exocet SSM launchers
1 x Malafon ASW launcher (13 rounds in total)

Aircraft Facilities:
A hangar and flightdeck is fitted for two helicopters.

Armour:
None known

Powerplant:
Four 650psi boilers were fitted with two Rateau steam turbines totalling 55000shp on two shafts. Maximum speed is 32kts and range is 5000NM @ 15kts. 26kts.

Electronics Fit:
Radar:
DRBV-26 air search
DRBV-51C low altitude air search
2 x Type 1226 navigation

Sonar:
DUBV-23 hull mounted
DUBV-43 VDS
DUBV-62C towed array

Other:
2 x DRBC-23 gun fire control
SENIT 3 tactical data system

Miscellaneous:
Two Syllex decoy launchers and a SLQ-25 Nixie towed decoy are fitted.