| Frigate Chevalier Paul (D621) | |
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| French destroyer Chevalier Paul (D621) underway in the Mediterranean Sea on 15 July 2017.JPG | |
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| Name: | Chevalier Paul |
| Namesake: | Chevalier Paul |
| Operator: | Marine Nationale |
| Ordered: | 27 October 2000 |
| Builder: | DCNS and Thales Group. Lorient shipyard |
| Laid down: | 13 January 2005 |
| Launched: | 12 July 2006 |
| Commissioned: | June 2009 |
| Homeport: | Toulon |
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| Fate: | In service, as of 2014[update] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Horizon-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 7,050 tonnes[1] |
| Length: | 152.87 m (501.5 ft) |
| Beam: | 20.3 m (67 ft) |
| Draught: | 5.4 m (18 ft) |
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| Speed: | 29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph) (18 on diesel) |
| Range: | 7,000 nmi (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)s, 3500 nmi at 25 knots |
| Boats & landing craft carried: | EDO, 20-seat EFRC, Hurricane 733 |
| Capacity: | 32 passengers or admiral staff |
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| Aircraft carried: | 1 × NH90 helicopter |
Chevalier Paul (D621) is a Horizon-class frigate of the French Marine Nationale commissioned in June 2009, the third vessel of the French Navy named after the 17th century admiral Chevalier Paul.
Chevalier Paul was launched by DCN at Lorient on 12 July 2006. She is a sister-ship to Forbin.
Service history[]
On 29 August 2013, Chevalier Paul left the port city of Toulon. Some reports claimed she had been deployed to the eastern Mediterranean in response to the Syrian Civil War,[3] but the navy authorities declined to confirm she was heading for Syria.[4] From 13 to 26 October 2014, the frigate took part in the large international operational exercise Catamaran 2014 that practiced an amphibious assault.[5] In November 2015, a French Navy press release stated that Chevalier Paul was to be part of the Charles de Gaulle task force launching strikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.[6]
References[]
- ↑ "Project Horizon". GlobalSecurity.org. 11 July 2011. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/europe/horizon.htm. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
- ↑ "Présentation Frégate Horizon Chevalier Paul" (in fr). Alabordache.fr. http://www.alabordache.fr/marine/espacemarine/marine/fregate_rang_1/chevalierpaul/presentation.php. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
- ↑ "French Navy Air Defense Destroyer Chevalier Paul (D621) deploys to the Syrian coasts". NavyRecognition.com. 29 August 2013. http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1218. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
- ↑ "France: political solution the ultimate goal for Syria". Reuters. 29 August 2013. https://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/29/us-syria-crisis-hollande-idUSBRE97S0CU20130829. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
- ↑ Vavasseur, Xavier (24 October 2014). "Video and photo coverage: Catamaran 2014 large joint amphibious exercise with CVN, LHD, LPD". NavyRecognition.com. http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2068. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
- ↑ "Mission Arromanches 2 : Déploiment du GAN en Méditerranée orientale et dans l'Océan Indien" (in fr). 18 November 2015. http://www.colsbleus.fr/articles/7674. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
External links[]
- Chevalier Paul Anti Air Warfare Destroyer Chevalier Paul on Alabordache
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