La Fayette-class frigate

1. La Fayette-class frigate · Wikipedia revision 1372750806 ↗

   Name

   Infobox · Name

   La Fayette class

   Builders

   Infobox · Builders

   DCNS

   Operators

   Infobox · Operators

   French Navy Royal Saudi Navy Republic of China Navy Republic of Singapore Navy

   Preceded by

   Infobox · Preceded by

   Floréal class

   Succeeded by

   Infobox · Succeeded by

   Frégate de Défense et d'Intervention

   Subclasses

   Infobox · Subclasses

   Al Riyadh class (Saudi Arabia) Formidable class (Singapore) Kang Ding class (Republic of China)

   In commission

   Infobox · In commission

   1996–present

   Completed

   Infobox · Completed

   20

   Active

   Infobox · Active

   20

   Type

   Infobox · Type

   General purpose frigate

   Displacement

   Infobox · Displacement

   3,200 t (3,100 long tons ; 3,500 short tons ) 3,800 t (3,700 long tons; 4,200 short tons) fully loaded

   Length

   Infobox · Length

   125 m (410 ft 1 in)

   Beam

   Infobox · Beam

   15.4 m (50 ft 6 in)

   Draught

   Infobox · Draught

   4.1 m (13 ft 5 in)

   Propulsion

   Infobox · Propulsion

   4 diesel SEMT Pielstick 12PA6V280 STC2, 21,000 hp (16,000 kW)

   Speed

   Infobox · Speed

   25 kn (46 km/h; 29 mph)

   Range

   Infobox · Range

   4,000 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)

   Endurance

   Infobox · Endurance

   50 days of food

   Boats & landing craft carried

   Infobox · Boats & landing craft carried

   2 × ETN boats

   Capacity

   Infobox · 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

   Complement

   Infobox · Complement

   164+; around 6 additional personnel on Courbet , La Fayette and Aconit post-upgrade

   Sensors & processing systems

   Infobox · 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 )

   Armament

   Infobox · 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)

   Armour

   Infobox · Armour

   On sensitive areas (munition magazine and control centre)

   Aircraft carried

   Infobox · Aircraft carried

   1 × helicopter ( Panther or NH90 )

2. Wikidata contributors ↗

   Country of origin

   Structured reference · explicit country of origin (P495) statement

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