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D-614 Cassard

D-614 Cassard

Country: France France

Class, [Type]: Cassard, [DDG].

Builder: DCN, Lorient, France.

Launch date: 06 February 1985.

Commission date: 29 July 1988.

Decommission date: 31 March 2019.

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Displacement ( tons ): 4.730 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 139 x 14 x 6,5

Main machinery: 4 x SEMT-Pielstick 18 PA6 V 280 BTC diesels ( 43.200 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 29,6.

Range ( miles ): 4.800 at 24 knots, 8.000 at 17 knots.

Complement: 244 ( 22 officers ).

Guns: 1 x 100mm/55 Model 1968, 2 x Oerlikon 20mm/70, 4 x 12,7mm.

Missiles:  SSM: 8 x MM 40 Exocet; SAM: 1 x Mk 13 launcher ( 40 x Standard SM-1 MR missiles ), 2 x syst. Sadral ( 39 x Mistral missiles ).

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

Military lift: fuel: 600 tons.

Radar: Air search: Thomson-CSF DRBJ 11B, 3D, E/F bands, range 366 km; Air/surface search: Thomson-CSF DRBV 26C, D band; Navigation: 2 x Racal DRBN 34A, I band; Fire control: Thomson-CSF DRBC 33A, I band (for guns), 2 x Raytheon SPG-51C, G/I bands (for missiles).

Sonar: Thomson Sintra DUBA 25A, hull-mounted, active search and attack, medium frequency.

Countermeasures: Decoys: 2 x CSEE AMBL 1B Dagaie, 2 x AMBL 2A Sagaie. Nixie; towed torpedo decoy. ESM: Thomson-CSF ARBR 17B, radar warning. DIBV 1A Vampir, IR detector (integrated with search radar for active/passive tracking in all weathers), Saigon radio intercept at masthead; ECM: Thomson-CSF ARBB 33, jammer, H/I/J bands.

Helicopter: 1 x AS.365MF Panther.

Callsign: FACD (FoxtrotAlfaCharlieDelta)

Homeport: Toulon.

Similar units:

France D615 Jean Bart