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D'Estienne d'Orves-class avisolarger figure on 0 of 3
Moudge-class frigatelarger figure on 3 of 3
Measured figures
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| Specification | D'Estienne d'Orves-class aviso | Moudge-class frigate |
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| Power | 2 SEMT Pielstick 12 PC 2 V400 diesel engines 8,900 kW (12,000 bhp ), 2 shafts[source] | 2 × 10,000 hp (7,500 kW) engines 4 × 740 hp (550 kW) diesel generators[source] |
| Name | D'Estienne d'Orves class or A69 type[source] | Moudge[source] |
| Builders | Arsenal de Lorient[source] | Iranian Navy's Factories Marine Industries Organization[source] |
| Operators | French Navy Turkish Navy Argentine Navy[source] |
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
80 m (262 ft 6 in) oa 76 m (249 ft 4 in) pp[source]
Length
Single source95 m (311 ft 8 in)[source]
at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Single source4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Islamic Republic of Iran Navy[source] |
| Preceded by | Commandant Rivière class[source] | Alvand class[source] |
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| Succeeded by | Floréal class La Fayette class Patrouilleurs Hauturiers (from 2028)[source] | — |
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| Subclasses | Drummond class Burak class[source] | — |
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| In commission | 1976 - now (French Navy) 1999 - now (Turkish Navy) 1978 - 2024 (Argentine Navy)[source] | — |
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| Completed | 20[source] |
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| Active | 0?[source] |
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| Retired | 14[source] | — |
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| Type | Aviso[source] | Frigate[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | 1 Air/surface DRBV 51A sentry radar 1 DRBC 32E fire control radar 1 Decca 1226 navigation radar 1 DUBA 25 hull sonar (active sonar capability reportedly retained after conversion to OPV role)[source] | Asr 3D PESA long-range radar[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | 1 ARBR 16 radar interceptor 2 Dagaie decoy launchers 1 SLQ-25 Nixie countermeasure system[source] | 2 × 8 tube chaff launcher[source] |
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| Armament | 2 Exocet MM38 SSMs (removed from French ships when reclassified as OPVs) 1 × 100 mm CADAM gun turret with Najir fire control system and CMS LYNCEA 2 × 20 mm modèle F2 guns 4 × 12.7 mm machine guns 4 × L3 or L5 type torpedoes in four fixed catapults (removed from French ships when reclassified as OPVs) 1 × sextuple Bofors 375 mm rocket launcher (removed from French ships when reclassified as OPVs)[source] | Naval guns 1 × 76 mm Fajr-27 naval gun 1 × 40 mm Fath-40 AAA or 1 × 30mm Kamand CIWS 2 × 20 mm cannons Oerlikon 2 × 12.7 mm heavy machine guns Surface to air missiles 4 × Mehrab SAM , a naval version of the Sayyad-2 or 4 × Sayyad-3 SAM Anti-ship missiles 4 × Noor or Qader anti-ship missiles (Some ships are equipped with 8 anti-ship missiles) Anti-submarine warfare 2 × triple 324 mm torpedoes[source] |
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| National origin | France[source] | — |
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| Built | — | 2001–present[source] |
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| In service | — | 2010–present[source] |
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| Planned | — |
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| Building | — |
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| Lost | — | 6 (1 unconfirmed)[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | — | 1 × Bell 214 ASW helicopter[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | — | Helicopter landing pad[source] |
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