French aviso Drogou

Drogou (F 782) is a D'Estienne d'Orves-class aviso in the French Navy. She was transferred to the Turkish Navy as TCG Bodrum (F-501) and decommissioned in 2022.

History
France
NameDrogou
NamesakeFrançois Drogou
BuilderArsenal de Lorient, Lorient
Laid down1 October 1973
Launched30 November 1974
Commissioned30 September 1976
Decommissioned2000
Identification
  • Callsign: FACU
  • Pennant number: F783
FateSold to Turkey, 2000
Turkey
NameBodrum
NamesakeBodrum
AcquiredNovember 2000
Commissioned25 July 2002
Decommissioned2022
IdentificationPennant number: F-501
StatusRetired in 2022
General characteristics
Class and typeD'Estienne d'Orves-class aviso
Displacement
  • 1,100 t (1,100 long tons) standard
  • 1,270 t (1,250 long tons) full load
Length
  • 80 m (262 ft 6 in) oa
  • 76 m (249 ft 4 in) pp
Beam10.3 m (33 ft 10 in)
Draught5.3 m (17 ft 5 in)
Propulsion
Speed23.5 knots (43.5 km/h; 27.0 mph)
Range4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement90
Sensors and
processing systems
  • 1 Air/surface DRBV 51A sentry radar
  • 1 DRBC 32E fire control radar
  • 1 Decca 1226 navigation radar
  • 1 DUBA 25 hull sonar
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • 1 ARBR 16 radar interceptor
  • 2 Dagaie decoy launchers
  • 1 SLQ-25 Nixie countermeasure system
Armament
  • 2 Exocet MM38 SSMs (removed from French ships when reclassified as OPVs)
  • 1 × 100 mm CADAM gun turret with Najir fire control system and CMS LYNCEA
  • 2 × 20 mm modèle F2 guns
  • 4 × 12.7 mm machine guns
  • 4 × L3 or L5 type torpedoes in four fixed catapults (removed from French ships when reclassified as OPVs)
  • 1 × sextuple Bofors 375 mm rocket launcher (removed from French ships when reclassified as OPVs)
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