D-603 Duquesne

Country:  France

Class, [Type]: Suffren, [DD].

Builder: DCN, Brest, France.

Launch date: 11 February 1966.

Commission date: 01 April 1970.

Decommission date: 2008.

Displacement ( tons ): 5.335 standard, 6.910 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 157,6 x 15,5 x 7,25

Main machinery: 2 x Rateau turbines ( 72.500 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 34.

Range ( miles ): 5.100 at 18 knots, 2.400 at 29 knots, 2.000 at 30 knots.

Complement: 355 ( 23 officers ).

Guns: 2 x DCN 100mm/55 Mod 1964 CADAM automatic, double function ( AA & AS ), 4 x Oerlikon 20mm/70, 4 x 12,7mm.

Missiles:  SSM: 4 x Aerospatiale MM 38 Exocet.

Torpedoes: 2 x fixed KD-59E torpedo catapults ( 10 x L5 Mod.4 torpedoes ).

Radar: Air Search ( radome ): DRBI 23, D band; Surface/Air: DRBV 15A, E/F bands; Navigation: 1 x DRBN 32; Fire Control: 2 x Thomson-CSF DRBR 51, G/I bands ( Masurca ), Thomson-CSF DRBC 33A, I band ( cannons ); TACAN: URN 20.

Sonar: Thomson Sintra DUBV 23, hull mounted; DUBV 43. DUBV 43 VDS.

Countermeasures: Decoys: 2 x CSEE Sagaie, 2 x Dagaie launchers; SLQ-25 Nixie towed torpedo decoy; ESM: ARBR 17 ( interceptor ); ECM: ARBR 33 ( jammer ).

Callsign: FADN ()

Comment: Malafon ASW system removed in 1998, and Masurca SAM system not in use since 2000.

Homeport: Toulon.

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 D602 Suffren