F-768 Le Lorrain

Country:  France

Class, [Type]: Type E52, [FF].

Builder: Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, Seyne-sur-Mer, France.

Launch date: 19 June 1954.

Commission date: 01 January 1957.

Decommission date: 31 December 1975.

Displacement ( tons ): 1.528 standard, 1.702 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 99,8 x 10,3 x 4,3

Main machinery: 2 x Indret boilers, 2 x Parsons or Rateau engines ( 20.000 hp ), 2 x propellers.

Speed ( knots ): 27.

Range ( miles ): 4.500 at 15 knots.

Complement: 198 ( 13 officers ).

Guns: 6 x 57mm Mod 1951, 2 x 20mm Oerlikon.

Torpedoes: 12 x 550mm tubes for K2 torpedoes, later L3.

A/S Mortars: 1 x 375mm Bofors Mod 1954 rocket launcher.

Radar: Air/Surface Search: 1 x DRBV 22A; Navigation: 1 x DRBN 32; Fire Control: 1 x DRBC 31.

Sonar: 1 x DUBV 24, hull mounted.

Countermeasures: ECM/ESM: 1 x ARBR 10 (radar warning).

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