F-727 Amiral Charner

Country:  France

Class, [Type]: Commandant Riviere, [FF].

Builder: DCN, Lorient, France.

Launch date: 12 March 1960.

Commission date: 14 December 1962.

Decommission date: 28 January 1991.

Displacement ( tons ): 1.760 standard, 2.250 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 102,7 x 11,8 x 3,8

Main machinery: 4 x SEMT-Pielstick 12 PC2.2 V400 diesels ( 16.000 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 25.

Range ( miles ): 2.300 at 25 knots, 7.500 at 15 knots.

Complement: 167 ( 10 officers ).

Guns: 2 x 100mm/55 Model 1953, 2 x Bofors 40mm/60.

Missiles:  SSM: 4 x MM38 Exocet.

Torpedoes: 6 x 533mm tubes, for Mk2 and L3 torpedoes.

A/S Mortars: 1 x 305mm.

Military lift: Fuel: 210 tons.

Radar: Air search: 1 x Thales DRBV-22A; Surface/Air search: 1 x Thales DRBV-50; Navigation: 1 x Decca 1226; Fire control: 1 x Thales DRBC-32A.

Sonar: 1 x DUBA3, 1 x SQS17.

Countermeasures: ESM: ARBR10 radar detector.

Comment: Sold in 1991 to Uruguay, renamed as Montevideo.

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