French frigate Cassard

Cassard was an anti-aircraft destroyer of the French Marine Nationale, lead ship of the Cassard class. She was the 10th vessel of the French Navy named after the 18th century captain Jacques Cassard.

History
France
NameCassard
NamesakeJacques Cassard
BuilderDCNS S.A.
Laid down3 September 1982
Launched6 February 1985
Commissioned29 July 1988
Decommissioned15 March 2019
Identification
  • Pennant number: D 614
  • MMSI number: 228718000
StatusDecommissioned
General characteristics
Class and typeCassard-class frigate
Displacement4500 t
Length139 m (456 ft)
Beam14 m (46 ft)
Draught6 m (20 ft)
Propulsion
  • 4 Pielstick PA6 BTC diesel engines
  • 2 fixed pace propellers
  • 4 diesel-alternators (3400 kW) for electrical plant
Speed25 knots (46 km/h)
Range8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km) at 17 knots (31 km/h)
Troopsroom for special forces
Complement
  • 22 officers
  • 142 non-commissioned officers
  • 80 enlisted personnel
Sensors and
processing systems
  • DRBV26C sentry radar
  • 1 DRBJ11B tri-dimensional air sentry radar
  • 1 DIBV2A infra-red alert system
  • 2 DRBN34 navigation and landing radar
  • 1 DUBV 24C hull sonar
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • 1 ARBR 17 radar detector
  • 1 SAIGON radio emission detector
  • 1 ARBB 33 jammer
  • 2 SAGAIE NG decoy launchers
  • 2 DAGAIE decoy launchers
  • 1 Syracuse II system
Armament
  • Anti-air;
  • 1 × Mk 13 launcher (40 × Standard SM-1MR anti-air missiles)
  • Anti-ship;
  • 8 × MM40 Exocet anti-ship missiles
  • Anti-submarine;
  • 2 × fixed torpedo tubes (10 × L5 mod 4 torpedoes)
  • Guns;
  • 1 × Creusot- Loire Compact 100mm/55 Mod 68 DP gun
  • 2 × 20mm F2 anti-aircraft guns
  • 4 × 12.7mm machine guns
  • CIWS;
  • 2 × Sadral sextuple launcher (39 × Mistral CIWS anti-air missiles)
Aircraft carried1 × Panther anti-submarine helicopter
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