R-97 Jeanne D´Arc

Country:  France

Class, [Type]: [CH].

Builder: Brest Naval Dockyard, France.

Launch date: 30 September 1961.

Commission date: 16 July 1964.

Decommission date: 01 September 2010.

Displacement ( tons ): 10.000 standard, 13.270 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 182 x 24 x 7,3

Main machinery: 4 x boilers, 2 x Rateau Bretagne turbines ( 40.000 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 26,5.

Range ( miles ): 6.000 at 15 knots.

Complement: 626 ( 30 officers ) + 140 cadets.

Guns: 4 x DCN 100mm/55 Mod 1964 CADAM automatic, 4 x 12,7mm.

Missiles:  SSM: 6 x Aerospatiale MM38 Exocet ( 2 triple ).

Radar: Air search: Thomson-CSF DRBV22D, D band, range 366km.; Air/Surface search: DRBV 50 ( this might have been replaced in recent years for a DRBV 51 ), G band; Navigation: 2 x DRBN 34A ( Racal Decca ), I band; Fire Control: 3 x Thomson-CSF DRBC 32A, I band; TACAN: SRN-6.

Sonar: Thomson Sintra DUBV 24C, hull mounted, active search, medium frequency, 5 Khz.

Countermeasures: Decoys: 2 x CSEE/VSEL Syllex launchers for chaff; ESM: Thomson-CSF ARBR 16 / ARBX 10, intercept.

Helicopter: 4 x Alouette III or Dauphin ( peace time ), 8 x Super Puma or Lynx ( war time ).

Callsign: FAMJ ()

Comment: Ex - La Résolue. Flight deck dimensions: 62m x 21m. Flight deck lift has a capacity of 12 tons. Some of the hangar space is used to accommodate officers under training. The ship is almost entirely air-conditioned. Carries two LVCP´s. Used for training cadets in peacetime. In wartime, after rapid modification, she would be used as command ship, helicopter carrier or troop transport.