| French frigate Dupleix (D641) | |
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| Career (France) |  |
| Name: | Dupleix |
| Builder: | Brest arsenal |
| Laid down: | 17 October 1975 |
| Launched: | 2 December 1978 |
| Commissioned: | 13 June 1981 |
| Decommissioned: | July 2015 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Georges Leygues-class frigate |
| Displacement: |
3,550 t (3,494 long tons) 4,500 t (4,429 long tons) full load |
| Length: | 139 m (456 ft 0 in) |
| Beam: | 14 m (45 ft 11 in) |
| Height: | 39.36 m (129 ft 2 in) |
| Draught: | 5.8 m (19 ft 0 in) |
| Propulsion: |
CODOG 2 × Pielstick PA 6 V280 STD diesels, 5,200 hp (3,878 kW) 2 × Rolls Royce Olympus TM3B gas turbines, 26,000 hp (19,388 kW) 2 shafts with 4-blade controllable pitch propellers |
| Speed: |
30 knots (35 mph; 56 km/h) on gas turbines 21 knots (24 mph; 39 km/h) on diesels |
| Range: |
1,000 nmi (1,900 km) at 30 kn (35 mph; 56 km/h) on gas turbines 10,000 nmi (19,000 km) at 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h) on diesels |
| Complement: |
20 officers 120 non-commissioned officers 95 men |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
Detection: • 1 Air/surface sentry radar DRBV51C • 1 Air sentry radar DRBV 26 • 1 Fire control radar DRBC 32E • 2 Navigation radar KH 1007 • 1 Hull sonar DUBV 23 • 1 Towed sonar DUBV 43C Tactical information: • SENIT 4 • SEAO/OPSMER |
| Electronic warfare & decoys: |
• 2 Radar interceptors ARBR 16 • 2 × Syllex chaff launchers |
| Armament: |
Anti-air: • 1 × Crotale EDIR system - 8 missiles on launcher + 18 stored • 2 × Simbad systems - 2×2 Mistral missiles • 1 × CADAM 100 mm main gun • 2 × 20 mm guns • 4 × 12.7 mm machine guns Anti-surface: • 4 × Exocet MM38 missiles Anti-submarine: • 10 × L5 Mod4 torpedoes • 2 × L5 torpedo launchers |
| Aircraft carried: |
2 × Lynx WG13 Mk.4 helicopters, each with: • 1 × DUAV4 sonar • Rheseda system for transmission of acoustic data • 12 × Mark 46 torpedoes |
Dupleix is a F70 type anti-submarine frigate of the French Marine Nationale. She is the fourth French vessel (beside also two French commercial ships) named after the 18th century Governor of Pondichéry and Gouverneur Général of the French possessions in India marquess Joseph François Dupleix.
Note: The French navy doesn't use the term "destroyer" for its ships; hence some large ships, referred to as "frigates", are registered as destroyers.
Service history[]
Dupleix was constructed by the Brest Arsenal, France, with her keel being laid down on 17 October 1975. The vessel was launched on 2 December 1978 and was commissioned into the French Navy on 13 June 1981.[1] The vessel was named for Joseph François Dupleix, the 18th century Governor of Pondichéry and Governor-General of the French possessions in India.[1] The ship was decommissioned in 2014, and taken to Saint-Mandrier, to replace the ex-Rance at the diving school located there.[2]
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