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La Fayette-class frigatelarger figure on 4 of 5
Moudge-class frigatelarger figure on 1 of 5
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
Length
Single source125 m (410 ft 1 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | La Fayette-class frigate | 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 | La Fayette class[source] | Moudge[source] |
| Builders | DCNS[source] | Iranian Navy's Factories Marine Industries Organization[source] |
| Operators | French Navy Royal Saudi Navy Republic of China Navy Republic of Singapore Navy[source] |
95 m (311 ft 8 in)[source]
at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Single sourceat 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Single source4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) 9,000 nmi (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 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 | Floréal class[source] | Alvand class[source] |
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| Succeeded by | Frégate de Défense et d'Intervention[source] | — |
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| Subclasses | Al Riyadh class (Saudi Arabia) Formidable class (Singapore) Kang Ding class (Republic of China)[source] | — |
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| In commission | 1996–present[source] | — |
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| Completed | 20[source] |
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| Active | 20[source] | 0?[source] |
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| Type | General purpose frigate[source] | Frigate[source] |
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| Endurance | 50 days of food[source] | — |
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| Boats & landing craft carried | 2 × ETN boats[source] | — |
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| Capacity | 350 t (340 long tons; 390 short tons) of fuel, 80 m 3 (2,800 cu ft) of kerosene, 60 t (59 long tons; 66 short tons) of potable water[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | 1 × DRBN34 navigation radar 1 × DRBN34 landing radar 1 × Air/Surface DRBV 15C sentry radar 1 × Thales TAVITAC combat management system (fitted to Surcouf and Guépratte ) 1 × SENIT FLF combat management system (replaced previous Thales TAVITAC CMS on La Fayette , Courbet and Aconit ) 1 × firing control radar for the 100 mm gun 1 × CN2 firing control radar 1 × Saïgon ARBG 1 radio interceptor 1 × ARBR 21 radar interceptor 2 × Dagaie Mk2 AMGL-1C chaff launcher CANTO anti-torpedo countermeasures (fitted to La Fayette in 2021-22 and Aconit in 2023; to be fitted to Courbet in due course) 1 × AN/ SLQ-25 Nixie tugged noise maker 1 × Prairie-Masker noise reduction system 1 × Integrated Shipboard Communication System ISCS ( SNTI 120 ch.) 1 × SEAO/OPSMER Naval command support system 1 × Syracuse II satellite transmission system 1 × Inmarsat navigation system 1 × BlueWatcher sonar ( Surcouf only) 1 × KingKlip Mk 2 hull-mounted sonar (fitted to Courbet , La Fayette and Aconit )[source] | Asr 3D PESA long-range radar[source] |
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| Armament | Guns; 1 × 100 mm TR automatic gun 2 × 20 mm modèle F2 guns Anti-ship; 8 × Exocet MM40 block II anti-ship missiles (upgraded to capacity for Block 3c variant on Courbet , La Fayette and Aconit ) CIWS; 1 × Crotale CN2 CIWS (fitted on Surcouf and Guépratte ) 2 × 6 Sadral launchers with Mistral Mk 3 SAM/SSM (replaced Crotale on Courbet , La Fayette and Aconit ) 2 x 2 manually operated Simbad/Mistral (reported fit to Surcouf 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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| 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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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | 2 × 8 tube chaff launcher[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | — | Helicopter landing pad[source] |
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