Le Corse-class frigate

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Class overview
Name	Le Corse class
Builders	F C de la Méditerranèe, A C de la Loire, Arsenal de Lorient
Operators	French Navy
Succeeded by	Le Normand class
Built	1952-1953
In commission	1955-1976
Completed	4
Retired	4
General characteristics
Type	Frigate
Displacement	1508 ton standard, 1702 ton full load
Length	99.8 m (327 ft) overall
Beam	10.3 m (34 ft)
Draught	4.3 m (14 ft)
Propulsion	2 shaft geared turbines, 2 boilers, 14,914 kW (20,000 hp)
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Range	4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi)
Complement	198 originally, 170 later
Sensors and ; processing systems	DRBV 20A, DRBM 32, DRBC 31 radar, ARBR 10, DUBV 1, DUBA 1 sonar<
Armament	6 × 57mm/60 modèle 1951 guns (3 × 2); 2 × 20 mm Oerlikon (2 × 1); 12 × 550 mm (22 in) torpedo tubes (4 × 3); 6 × Bofors 375 mm ASW rocket launcher (1 × 6); 2 × depth charge launcher, 1 × depth charge rack;

The Le Corse class (or E50 Type) was a class of 4 fast frigates (Escorteurs Rapide) built for the French Navy in the early 1950s. They were first surface combatant class of ships to be built after World War II and symbolized "the revival of the French fleet." They were followed by the Le Normand-class (or E52 Type) frigates, and like them, were long-range convoy escorts capable of high speed.

The E50 type shared a flush-decked layout with the E52 class, and had a similar armament of three twin 57mm turrets) (one forward and two aft) and an anti-submarine armament consisting of a battery of heavyweight guided torpedoes and a 375mm Bofors six-barrel rocket launcher.

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