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French frigate Aconit (F 713)larger figure on 0 of 4
Type 054A frigatelarger figure on 4 of 4
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Length
Single source125 m (410 ft 1 in)[source]
Length
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| Specification | French frigate Aconit (F 713) | Type 054A frigate |
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| Complement | 170+; around 6 additional personnel to be embarked on Aconit post-upgrade[source] | — |
| Power | 4 × SEMT Pielstick 12PA6V280 STC2 diesel engines 16,000 kW (21,000 hp )[source] | CODAD , 4 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PA 6V 280 STC diesels, 20.7 MW (28,200 hp) total, 2 shafts[source] |
| Name | Aconit[source] | — |
| Namesake | French corvette Aconit[source] | — |
| Laid down | 5 August 1996[source] |
134 m (440 ft)[source]
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Single source180人[source]Unspecified
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| Launched | 8 June 1997[source] | — |
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| Commissioned | 6 June 1999[source] | — |
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| Renamed | laid down as Jauréguiberry , renamed Aconit in 1996[source] | — |
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| Home port | Toulon[source] | — |
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| Identification | Pennant number F 713[source] | — |
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| Honours and awards | Flies the FFL jack in honour of the corvette Aconit Fourragère of the Ordre de la Libération Fourragère of the Croix de Guerre[source] | — |
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| Status | In active service[source] | — |
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| Class & type | La Fayette -class frigate[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | 1 × Air/Surface DRBV 15C sentry radar 1 x SENIT FLF combat management system (replaced previous Thales TAVITAC CMS during 2023 refit) 1 × firing control radar for the 100 mm gun 1 × DRBN34 navigation radar 1 × DRBN34 landing radar 1 x KingKlip Mk 2 hull-mounted sonar (fit during 2023 refit)[source] | Type 382 Radar Type 344 Radar (Mineral-ME Band Stand ) target acquisition and SSM fire control radar 4 × MR-90 Front Dome SAM fire control radars MR-36A surface search radar, I-band Type 347G 76 mm gun fire control radar 2 × Racal RM-1290 navigation radars, I-band MGK-335 medium frequency active/passive sonar system H/SJG-206 towed array sonar ZKJ-4B/6 (developed from Thomson-CSF TAVITAC) combat data system HN-900 Data link (Chinese equivalent of Link 11 A/B, to be upgraded) SNTI-240 SATCOM AKD5000S Ku band SATCOM[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | 1 × Saïgon ARBG 1 radio interceptor 1 × ARBR 21 radar interceptor 2 × Dagaie Mk2 chaff launcher 1 × AN/ SLQ-25 Nixie tugged noise maker 1 × Prairie-Masker noise reduction system 1 × Syracuse II 1 × Inmarsat CANTO anti-torpedo countermeasures (fit during 2023 refit)[source] | 2 × Type 726-4 18-tube decoy rocket launchers Type 922-1 radar warning receiver HZ-100 ECM & ELINT system Kashtan-3 missile jamming system[source] |
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| Armament | Anti-ship 8 × Exocet MM40 Block 3 anti-ship missiles (upgraded to Block 3c capacity from previous Block 2 capability during 2023 refit) Guns 1 × 100 mm TR automatic gun 2 × 20 mm modèle F2 guns CIWS 2 x 6 Sadral launchers with Mistral Mk 3 SAM/SSM (replaced previous Crotale SAM during 2023 refit)[source] | 1 × 32-cell H/AKJ-16 VLS HHQ-16 SAM Yu-8 anti-submarine missile 2 × 4 YJ-83 anti-ship missiles 1 × H/PJ-26 76 mm naval gun (Type 054A and Type 054A+) or 1 x H/PJ-87 100 mm naval gun (Type 054AG) 2 × 30 mm Type 730 7-barrel gun-based CIWS or Type 1130 11-barrel gun-based CIWS 2 × 3 324 mm Yu-7 torpedo launchers 2 × 6 Type 87 240mm anti-submarine rocket launcher[source] |
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| Armour | On sensitive areas (munition magazine and control centre)[source] | — |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 × helicopter ( Panther or NH90 )[source] | Type 054A: Harbin Z-9 C or Kamov Ka-28 'Helix' Type 054AG: Harbin Z-20 family helicopter including Z-20F anti-submarine version and the Z-20J naval utility version[source] |
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| Country of origin | France[source] | People's Republic of China[source] People's Republic of China[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Naval Group[source] | — |
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| Used by | French Navy[source]Current operator stated in the article; inventory date not specified | — |
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| Builders | — | Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard[source] |
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| Operators | — | People's Liberation Army Navy China Coast Guard Pakistan Navy[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | Type 054 frigate[source] |
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| Succeeded by | — | Type 054B frigate[source] |
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| Subclasses | — | Tughril class (Pakistan) Type 818 Cutter (China Coast Guard)[source] |
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| Cost | — | US$348 million (est. 2015)[source] |
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| Built | — | 2005–present[source] |
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| In commission | — | 2008–present[source] |
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| Planned | — | 50[source] |
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| Active | — | 46[source] |
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| Type | — | Frigate[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | — | hangar[source] |
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