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French frigate Surcouf
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Franck Dubey · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source ↗ · Modified
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French frigate Surcouflarger figure on 4 of 5
Moudge-class frigatelarger figure on 1 of 5
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Length
Single source125 m (410 ft 1 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | French frigate Surcouf | Moudge-class frigate |
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| Power | 4 diesel SEMT Pielstick 12PA6V280 STC2, 21,000 hp (16,000 kW)[source] | 2 × 10,000 hp (7,500 kW) engines 4 × 740 hp (550 kW) diesel generators[source] |
| Name | Surcouf[source] | Moudge[source] |
| Namesake | Robert Surcouf[source] | — |
| Laid down | 6 July 1992[source] | — |
| Launched | 3 July 1993[source] |
95 m (311 ft 8 in)[source]
at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Single source7,000 nmi (13,000 km; 8,100 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.
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| Commissioned | 7 February 1997[source] | — |
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| Home port | Toulon[source] | — |
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| Identification | MMSI number : 228730000 Callsign : FASF[source] | — |
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| Honours and awards | Flies the FFL jack in honour of the submarine Surcouf[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 × firing control radar for the 100 mm gun 1 × DRBN34 navigation radar 1 × DRBN34 landing radar 1 x BlueWatcher sonar[source] | Asr 3D PESA long-range radar[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[source] | 2 × 8 tube chaff launcher[source] |
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| Armament | Anti-ship; 8 × Exocet MM40 block II anti-ship missiles Guns; 1 × 100 mm TR automatic gun 2 × 20 mm modèle F2 guns Anti-aircraft; 1 × Crotale CN2 launcher (8 missiles on the launcher with 16 reload) Manually-operated 2x2 SIMBAD/Mistral point defence SAM reported fit in 2023[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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| Armour | On sensitive areas (munition magazine and control centre)[source] | — |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 × helicopter ( Panther or NH90 )[source] | 1 × Bell 214 ASW helicopter[source] |
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| Country of origin | France[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 | — | Iranian Navy's Factories Marine Industries Organization[source] |
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| Operators | — | Islamic Republic of Iran Navy[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | Alvand class[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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| Completed | — |
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| Active | — | 0?[source] |
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| Lost | — | 6 (1 unconfirmed)[source] |
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| Type | — | Frigate[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | — | Helicopter landing pad[source] |
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