French frigate Duguay-Trouin

The hull of the ex-frigate Duguay-Trouin was used as a breakwater on the waters of the École Navale in Lanvéoc-Poulmic.
History
France
Name	Duguay-Trouin
Namesake	René Duguay-Trouin
Builder	Lorient arsenal
Laid down	25 February 1971
Launched	1 June 1973
Commissioned	17 September 1975
Decommissioned	13 July 1999
Homeport	Brest
Identification	D 611
Fate	Scrapped July 2020
General characteristics
Class and type	Tourville-class frigate
Displacement	4580 tonnes (6100 tonnes fully loaded)
Length	152.75 m (501.1 ft)
Beam	15.80 m (51.8 ft)
Draught	6.60 m (21.7 ft)
Installed power	58,000 hp (43,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 Rateau steam turbines, double reduction 4 multitubular boilers Fuel: Gazoil Propellers : 2 fixed propellers
Speed	32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Range	1,900 nmi (3,500 km; 2,200 mi) at 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) 4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	24 officers 160 non-commissioned officers 115 men
Sensors and processing systems	1 DRBV 51B surface sentry radar 1 DRBV 26A air sentry radar 1 DRBC 32D targeting radar 1 DUBV 23 hull sonar 1 ETBF DSBV 62C sonar 1 DSBX 1 tugged sonar 1 Syva torpedo alert system
Electronic warfare & decoys	1 ARBB 32 jammer 1 ARBR 16 radar interceptor 2 Syllex decoy launchers bubble belt
Armament	1 Crotale EDIR system (8 missiles on launcher, 18 in magazine) 2 × 100 mm turrets (1968 model) 2 × 20 mm cannons 4 × 12.7 mm machine guns 6 Exocet MM38 anti-ship missiles launchers 2 × L5 torpedo launchers, 10 torpedoes on board (L5 mod 4)
Aircraft carried	2 Lynx WG13 helicopters

Duguay-Trouin was a F67 type frigate built for the French Marine Nationale during the Cold War. The F67s specialised in anti-submarine warfare, though they also had anti-air and anti-surface capabilities. She was the 10th French vessel named after the 17th century privateer René Duguay-Trouin.

Construction and career

Duguary-Trouin was laid down on 26 February 1971 at the Arsenal de Lorient, launched on 1 June 1973 and commissioned on 17 September 1975.^[1]

She was decommissioned on 13 July 1999 and was used for a harbour wave-breaker protection. On 3 July 2020, the vessel arrived at the breakers in Ghent, Belgium.

Citations

Bibliography

• Jordan, John (1995). "France". In Chumbley, Stephen (ed.). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. pp. 95–131. ISBN 1-55750-132-7.

This page was last edited on 1 February 2024, at 03:29