French frigate Primauguet (D644)

For other ships of the same name, see French ship Primauguet.

French frigate Primauguet (D644)
Career
Name:	Primauguet
Laid down:	17 November 1981
Launched:	17 March 1984
Commissioned:	5 November 1986
Status:	in active service, as of 2025
General characteristics
Class & type:	Georges Leygues-class frigate
Displacement:	3,680 t (3,622 long tons) 4,580 t (4,508 long tons) full load
Length:	139.00 m (456 ft 0 in)
Beam:	14.00 m (45 ft 11 in)
Draught:	5.80 m (19 ft 0 in)
Propulsion:	CODOG 2 × Pielstick PA 6 CV280 STD diesels, 5,200 hp (3,878 kW) each 2 × Rolls Royce Olympus TM3B gas turbines, 26,000 hp (19,388 kW) each 2 shafts with controllable pitch propellers
Speed:	29.5 kn (54.6 km/h; 33.9 mph) on gas turbines 21 kn (39 km/h; 24 mph) on diesels
Range:	1,000 nmi (1,900 km) at 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph) on gas turbines 9,500 nmi (17,600 km; 10,900 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) on diesels
Complement:	20 officers 130 non-commissioned officers 98 men
Sensors and processing systems:	Detection: Radar: • 1 × DRBV 15A air/surface search radar • 1 × DRBC 33A fire control • 2 × DRBN 32 (Decca RM 1226) navigation Sonar: • 1 × DUBV 24C bow sonar • 1 × DUBV 43C Variable Depth Sonar • 1 × DSBV 61A towed array Tactical information: • SENIT 4
Electronic warfare & decoys:	• 2 × ARBR 16 radar intercept • ARBB jammer • 2 × Decoy rocket launchers • 1 ×AN/SLQ-25 Nixie • ARBG 1A HF/VHF COMINT system
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 • 2 × 12.7 mm machine guns Anti-surface: • 8 × Exocet MM40 missiles Anti-submarine: • 10 × L5 Mod4 torpedoes • 2 × L5 torpedo launchers
Aircraft carried:	2 × Lynx WG13 Mk.4 helicopters
Aviation facilities:	Hangar and flight deck

Primauguet is a F70 type anti-submarine frigate of the French Marine Nationale. She is the sixth French vessel named after the 15th century captain Hervé de Portzmoguer.

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.

Sources and references

• Baker, A.D. The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World 1998–1999. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press, 1998. ISBN 1-55750-111-4.
• NetMarine