D-612 De Grasse

Country:  France

Class, [Type]: Tourville, [DD].

Builder: Lorient Naval Shipyard, France.

Launch date: 30 November 1974.

Commission date: 01 October 1977.

Decommission date: 04 September 2013.

Displacement ( tons ): 4.580 standard, 5.950 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 152,8 x 16 x 5,7

Main machinery: 2 x Rateau turbines ( 58.000 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 32.

Range ( miles ): 5.000 at 18 knots.

Complement: 301 ( 21 officers ).

Guns: 2 x DCN 100mm/55 Mod 68 CADAM automatic, double function ( AA & AS ), 2 x 20mm Oerlikon.

Missiles:  SSM: 6 x Aerospatiale MM 38 Exocet; SAM: Thomson-CSF Crotale ( one octuple launcher ); ASUW: Initially a Latecoere Malafon was carried, but was to be removed in 1996 for an OTO Melara/Matra Milas system.

Torpedoes: 2 x launchers for 10 x ECAN L5. Helicopters carry Honeywell Mk 46 or Murene torpedoes.

Radar: Air Search: DRBV 26, D band, 182km range, and able to detect targets with a surface of only 2 square meters; Surface/Air: Thomson-CSF DRBV 51B, G band, 29km range; Fire Control: Thomson-CSF DRBC 32D, I band; Navigation: 2 x Racal Decca Type 1226, I band.

Sonar: Thomson Sintra DUBV 23, hull mounted; DUBV 43C; DSBV 62C.

Countermeasures: Decoys: 2 x CSEE/VSEL Syllex ( have to be changed for Dagaie systems ); ESM: ARBR 16 ( radar warning ); ECM: ARBR 32 ( jammer ).

Helicopter: 2 x Lynx Mk 4.

Callsign: FADG ()

Homeport: Brest.

Similar units:

 D610 Tourville