Eugenio´s Warships - D-640 Georges Leygues

Country: France France

Class, [Type]: Georges Leygues, [DD].

Builder: DCN, Brest, France.

Launch date: 17 December 1976.

Commission date: 10 December 1979.

Decommission date: 21 March 2014.

Displacement ( tons ): 3.550 standard, 4.350 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 139 x 14 x 5,5

Main machinery: CODOG: 2 x RR Olympus TM3B gas turbines ( 52.000 hp ), 2 x SEMT-Pielstick 16 PA6C V280 diesels ( 10.720 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 30 ( turbines ), 21 ( diesel ).

Range ( miles ): 1.000 at 30 knots, 10.000 at 15 knots (diesels).

Complement: 216 ( 15 officers ).

Guns: 1 x 100mm/55 Mod 68 CADAM, 2 x Oerlikon Mk10 Mod. 23 20mm/70, 2 x 12,7mm.

Missiles: SSM: 4 x MM 38 Exocet; SAM: 1 x 8-round Crotale EDIR SAM syst. (26 missiles); 2 x 2-round Simbad SAM syst.

Torpedoes: 2 x fixed KD-59E torpedo catapults. 10 x L5 Mod. 4 ASW 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: DRBV-51C, G band; Fire Control: Thomson-CSF DRBC-32E, I band; Navigation: 2 x DRBN-32.

Sonar: DUBV-23 hull-mounted; DUBV-43B VDS.

Countermeasures: Decoys: 2 x Dagaie Mk 2 decoy launchers. SLQ-25A Nixie towed acoustic torpedo decoy; ECM/ESM: ARBR-16 (DR-2000S) intercept; ARBB-36A jammer; ARBR-11B D/F; ARBX-10 radar intercept; Telegon-4 HFD/F.

Helicopter: 2 x Lynx Mk 4.

Callsign: FAGL ( Foxtrot Alfa Golf Lima )