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French frigate Chevalier Paullarger figure on 3 of 3
Type 054A frigatelarger figure on 0 of 3
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Measured figures
Length
Single source152.87 m (501 ft 7 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | French frigate Chevalier Paul | Type 054A frigate |
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| Power | 2 × 31280 HP GE/Avio LM2500 gas turbines 2 × 5875 HP SEMT Pielstick 12 PA6 STC diesels 1 × beam propeller 2 × 4-blade propellers[source] | CODAD , 4 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PA 6V 280 STC diesels, 20.7 MW (28,200 hp) total, 2 shafts[source] |
| Name | Chevalier Paul[source] | — |
| Namesake | Chevalier Paul[source] | — |
| Ordered | 27 October 2000[source] | — |
| Builder | DCNS and Thales Group . Lorient shipyard[source] |
134 m (440 ft)[source]
Unspecified
Single source180人[source]Unspecified
officers 110 petty officers 38 sailors
Single source26 officers 110 petty officers 38 sailors[source]
at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)s
Single sourceat 25 knots
Single source7,000 nmi (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)s, 3500 nmi at 25 knots[source]
estimated at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Single source3,800 nautical miles (4,400 mi; 7,000 km) estimated at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| Laid down | 13 January 2005[source] | — |
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| Launched | 12 July 2006[source] | — |
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| Commissioned | June 2009[source] | — |
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| Home port | Toulon[source] | — |
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| Identification | Pennant number : D 621 MMSI number : 228722000[source] | — |
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| Status | Active[source] | — |
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| Class & type | Horizon-class frigate[source] | — |
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| Boats & landing craft carried | EDO, 20-seat EFRC, Hurricane 733[source] | — |
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| Capacity | 32 passengers or admiral staff[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | S-1850 LRR tri-dimensional sentry radar with IFF ABF TUS 4110 CL hull sonar Tugged linear antenna with Alto torpedo detector[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 | Radar jammer Communication jammer NGDS system (2 decoy launchers, REM, RIR, LAD) Contralto system (2 acoustic decoy launchers).[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-air; 1 × PAAMS (48 × Aster 15 or 30 anti-air missiles in SYLVER A50 VLS.) For but not with: [1 × Sadral launcher with 6 Mistral missiles] space on starboard roof of hangar Anti-ship; 8 × Exocet MM40 Block 3 anti-ship missiles (Block 3c variant entering service with the French Navy from December 2022) Anti-submarine; 2 × MU90 torpedo tubes Guns; 2 × Otobreda 76 mm super rapid guns 3 × Narwhal 20 mm remote-controlled naval gun[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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| Aircraft carried | 1 × NH90 helicopter[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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| Used by | French Marine Nationale[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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