French ship Lapérouse (A791)
Lapérouse (A 791) is a hydrography survey vessel of the Lapérouse class of the French Navy (designed Bâtiment hydrographique de deuxième classe (BH)). The ship is deployed on the French coast, or in foreign waters for international cooperation. She is fitted with electric propulsion and a hydrographic winch that allows it to perform oceanographic work.
Lapérouse (A791) docked at the quay of Bordeaux in 2017 | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Lapérouse |
| Builders | DCAN Lorient |
| Operators | French Navy |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Lapérouse |
| Type | Survey vessel |
| Displacement | 850 t |
| Length | 59 m |
| Beam | 10.9 m |
| Draft | 3.63 m |
| Installed power | 2500 hp (1840 kW); electric plant 620 kW |
| Propulsion | 2 diesel motors (SACM Wärtsilä UD30 RVR V12 M6), 2 controllable pitch propellers, 1 bow thruster |
| Range | 6,000 nautical miles at 12 knots |
| Complement | 4 officers, 18 petty officers, 15 crew members, 11 hydrographers |
| Sensors and processing systems | Navigational radar DECCA 1226 |
| Armament | 2 AANF1 7.5 mm machine guns and 2 Browning M2 12.7 mm machine guns |
| Notes | electric plant 620 kW |
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