| Ships: |
D 602 FS Suffren (1967) D 603 FS Duquesne (1970) |
| Specifications: |
| Type / class: Suffren class large air-defense Frigate / Frégate de Défense Antiaérienne Displacement: 6870 tons (full load) Length: 158 meters (518 feet 4 inches) Beam: 15,5 meters (50 ft 10 in) Draft: 7,25 meters (23 ft 9 in) Speed: 34 knots (63 km/h), max. Range: – Complement: 360 Propulsion: 4 x steam turbines 4 x boilers 72500 hp (54063 kW) 2 shafts, 2 propellers Armament: 1 x twin-arm missile launching system for 48 x MASURCA SAM 2 x DCN/GIAT 100mm/55-caliber Mod.68 Compact DP Gun 1 x MALAFON anti-submarine missile system (removed later) 4 x MM38/MM40 Exocet SSM missiles (added in late 1970’s) 4 x Oerlikon 20mm machine guns 4 x torpedo tubes for L5 torpedoes Aviation: none DRBI-23 3D sentry radar DRBV-15 surface or low-altitude sentry radar DRBR-51 tracking and illumination radar (Masurca SAM) DRBC-33 fire control radar (guns) DRBN-34 navigation radar 2 x SAGAIE decoy launchers SLQ-25 NIXIE towed decoy ARBR-33 jammer ARBR-17 radar detector DUBV-23D hull sonar DUBV-43B depth variable sonar |
| Ships: |
| D 602 FS Suffren Builder: Arsenal de Brest, Brittany, France Laid down: December 21, 1962 Launched: May 15, 1965 Commissioned: July 20, 1967 Decommissioned: April 2, 2001 Fate: breakwater at Levant Island since 2009 |
| D 603 FS Duquesne Builder: Arsenal de Lorient, Brittany, France Laid down: February 1, 1965 Launched: February 12, 1966 Commissioned: April 1, 1970 Decommissioned: June 23, 2007 Fate: breakwater at Saint-Mandrier since 2009 |
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 D 602 FS Suffren  D 603 FS Duquesne  D 603 FS Duquesne  D 603 FS Duquesne  D 603 FS Duquesne firing a MASURCA SAM missile  D 603 FS DuquesneARMAMENT & DETAILS  |