FS Suffren
| | Career | |
|---|
| Displacement: | 5335 tonnes |
| Length: | 158 m |
| Width: | 15,50 m |
| Draught: | 7,25 m |
| Propulsion: | 4 steam boilers and 4 turbines for 2 propellers; 72500 hp |
| Electric Plant: | 3440 kW, 2 turbo-alternators and 3 diesel-alternators |
| Speed: | 34 knots |
| Range: |
| Complement: | 360 men, including 23 officers. |
| Armament: |
*1 twin launcher of surface-air Masurca missiles (DRBR51-guided) (48 missiles)
*4 launchers of MM38 Exocet missiles (4 missiles)
*1 launcher of Malafon anti-submarine rocket torpedoes
*4 launchers of L5 anti-submarine torpedoes (10 torpedoes)
*2 100 mm turrets ("Messine" and "Palerme")
*4 x 20 mm cannons
*4 x 12,7 mm machine guns |
Detection
*DRBI23 tridimentional sentry radar
*DRBV15 surface or low-altitude sentry radar
*DRBC33 multi-system targeting radar
*DRBN34
*DRBR51 |
| Electronic Warfare | 2 "Sagaie" decoy launchers
*SLQ-25 Nixie
*ARBR33 jammer
*ARBR17 detector |
The
Suffren anti-air frigate was a large vessel of the
French Navy, designed to protect a fleet against air threats, surface ships, submarines, and, to a lesser extent, provide fire power against land objectives. She is the sister-ship of the
Duquesne, and was decommissioned in 2001. She was the seventh French vessel named after the 18th century admiral
Pierre André de Suffren.
Note: The French navy doesn't use the term "
destroyer" for its ships; thus some large ships, referred to as "
frigates", are registered as destroyers.
See
French ship Suffren for other ships of this name.
Image:Suffren_1.jpg|Frigate Suffren in dry dockImage:Suffren_2.jpg|Image:Suffren_3.jpg|Frigate Suffren docked in Toulon beside the Jean Bart
