A-758 Beautemps-Beaupré

Country:  France

Class, [Type]: Beautemps-Beaupré, [AGOR].

Builder: Alstom Leroux Naval, Lorient, France.

Launch date: 26 April 2002.

Commission date: 13 December 2003.

Displacement ( tons ): 3.300 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 80,647 x 14,9 x 6,9

Main machinery: diesel-electric: 4 x Mitsubishi diesels ( 6.000 hp ), 1 x electric motor.

Speed ( knots ): 13,8.

Range ( miles ): 45 days.

Complement: 26 ( 5 officers ) + 25 scientists.

Guns: 2 x 7,62mm.

Radar: Navigation: 2 x Thales Racal-Decca, I band.

Sonar: Kongsberg/Simrad EM 120 deep multipath echo sounder (12Khz); Kongsberg/Simrad EA 600 deep echo sounder (12Khz); Kongsberg/Simrad EM 1002S shallow waters multipath echo-sounder (95Khz); Kongsberg/Simrad EA 400-210 shallow waters echo sounder (33Khz); Kongsberg/Simrad SBP 120 (3 a 7Khz) narrow beam and SHOM 9 TR 109 (3,5Khz) wide beam sediment echo sounders. Bodenseeserk KSS31 gravimeter; Thales SMM II magnetometer. Sippican Mk21 oceanographic buoy.

Callsign: FABB ()

Comment: The model is inspired by the civilian Thalassa, serving for IFREMER. Carries two small auxiliary vessels named CORMORAN and PELICAN.

Homeport: Brest.