D-645 La Motte-Picquet

Country:  France

Class, [Type]: Georges Leygues, [DD].

Builder: DCN, Brest, France.

Launch date: 06 February 1985.

Commission date: 18 February 1988.

Displacement ( tons ): 3.680 standard, 4.580 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: 235 ( 20 officers ).

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

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

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

Radar: Surface/Air: DRBV-15A; Fire Control: Thomson-CSF DRBC-33A; Navigation: 2 x DRBN-32.

Sonar: DUBV-24C hull-mounted; DUBV-43C VDS; DSBV-61A towed array.

Countermeasures: Decoys: 2 x Dagaie Mk 2 decoy launchers. SLQ-25A Nixie towed acoustic torpedo decoy; ECM/ESM: ARBR-17 (DR-4000) intercept; ARBB-32B jammer.

Helicopter: 2 x Lynx Mk 4.

Callsign: FAMT ()

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