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French frigate Chevalier Paul is documented in the equipment reference catalogue. It was built by DCNS and Thales Group . Lorient shipyard.
FranceFrench frigate Chevalier Paul
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Matt Matlage; post-work: Cobatfor · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · ModifiedChevalier Paul
Chevalier Paul
27 October 2000
DCNS and Thales Group . Lorient shipyard
13 January 2005
12 July 2006
June 2009
Toulon
Pennant number : D 621 MMSI number : 228722000
Active
Horizon-class frigate
7,050 tonnes
152.87 m (501 ft 7 in)
20.3 m (66 ft 7 in)
5.4 m (17 ft 9 in)
2 × 31280 HP GE/Avio LM2500 gas turbines 2 × 5875 HP SEMT Pielstick 12 PA6 STC diesels 1 × beam propeller 2 × 4-blade propellers
29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph) (18 on diesel)
7,000 nmi (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)s, 3500 nmi at 25 knots
EDO, 20-seat EFRC, Hurricane 733
32 passengers or admiral staff
26 officers 110 petty officers 38 sailors
S-1850 LRR tri-dimensional sentry radar with IFF ABF TUS 4110 CL hull sonar Tugged linear antenna with Alto torpedo detector
Radar jammer Communication jammer NGDS system (2 decoy launchers, REM, RIR, LAD) Contralto system (2 acoustic decoy launchers).
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
1 × NH90 helicopter
Chevalier Paul is a Horizon-class frigate of the French Marine Nationale commissioned in June 2009, the third vessel of the French Navy named after the 17th century admiral Chevalier Paul . The main mission of this type of ship is the escort and protection of a carrier strike group formed around an aircraft carrier , usually Charles de Gaulle or one of the aircraft carriers of the US Navy , or an amphibious operation carried out by amphibious helicopter carriers. The ship's specialty is air traffic control in a war zone, but it can be employed in a wide variety of missions, such as intelligence-gathering, special forces operations, or in protecting less well-armed vessels. Horizon-class frigates such as Chevalier Paul are the most powerful surface combatants that France has ever built. In service since the end of 2011, it bears the pennant number D621. Its namesake is Jean-Paul de Saumeur, better known as Chevalier Paul , a French naval officer born in Marseille in 1598.
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| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept 2026 | 152.87 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
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