F-797 Commandant Bouan

Country:  France

Class, [Type]: D´Estienne d´Orves, [FFL].

Builder: Lorient Naval Shipyard, France.

Launch date: 23 April 1983.

Commission date: 31 October 1984.

Displacement ( tons ): 1.175 standard, 1.330 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 80,5 x 10,3 x 5,5

Main machinery: 2 x SEMT-Pielstick 12 PC2 V 400 diesels ( 12.000 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 23.

Range ( miles ): 4.500 at 15 knots, 3.000 at 18 knots.

Complement: 90 ( 7 officers ) plus 9 commandos.

Guns: 1 x DCN 100mm/55, 2 x Oerlikon 20mm/70 Mk10 Mod23.

Missiles:  SSM: 4 x MM40 Exocet; SAM: 1 x Symbad SAM system ( Mistral missiles ).

Torpedoes: 4 fixed tubes for ECAN L5.

Radar: Air/Surface: Thomson-CSF DRBV 51A, G band; Navigation: Thomson-CSF DRBN 32, I band; Fire Control: Thomson-CSF DRBC 32E, I band.

Sonar: Thomson Sintra DUBA 25, hull mounted, with search and attack modes, operating in medium frequency.

Countermeasures: Decoys: 2 x CSEE Dagaie 10 tube launchers for chaff and flares; Towed torpedo decoy Nixie; ESM: ARBR16 ( radar warning ).

Callsign: FABO ()

Comment: ex - Commandant Levasseur. Clasified as Avisos. These ships are used for coastal antisubmarine operations and long range patrol.

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