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Battleship Richelieu
Career French Navy Ensign
Displacement: 4580 tonnes (6100 tonnes fully loaded)
Length: 152.75 m
Width: 15.80 m
Draught: 6.60 m
Propulsion: 2 Rateau steam turbines, double reduction

4 multitubular boilers
Fuel: Gazoil
Propelers : 2 fixed propelers
Power : 58000 HP (42630 kW)

Speed: 32 knots
Range: 1900 nautical miles at 30 knots

4500 nautical miles and 18 knots

Complement: 24 officers

160 non-commissioned officers
115 men

Armament: Anti-air
  • 1 Crotale EDIR system (8 missiles on launcher, 18 in magasine)
  • 2 x 100mm turrets (1968 model)
  • 2 x 20mm cannons
  • 4 x 12.7mm machine guns

Anti-surface

  • 6 Exocet MM38 anti-ship missiles launchers

Anti-submarine

  • 2 x L5 torpedoe launchers, 10 torpedoes on board (L5 mod 4)
Electronics Detection
  • 1 DRBV 51B surface sentry radar
  • 1 DRBV 26A air sentry radar
  • 1 DRBC 32D targeting radar
  • 2 DRBN 34 navigation radars
  • 1 DUBV 23 hull sonar
  • 1 ETBF DSBV 62C sonar
  • 1 DSBX 1 tugged sonar
  • 1 Syva torpedo alert system

Electronic Warfare

  • 1 ARBB 32 jammer
  • 1 ARBR 16 radar interceptor
  • 2 Syllex decoy launchers
  • bubble belt

Tactical information

  • SENIT 3
  • SEAO/OPSMER

Transmissions

  • HF, UHF, VHF and SHF liaison systems
  • Syracuse 2
  • Inmarsat
  • Liaison 11
Planes 2 Lynx WG13

The F67 type is a class of high-sea frigates of the French Navy specialised in anti-submarine warfare. They have anti-air and anti-surface capabilities.

The three ships of the class, D612 De Grasse, D611 Duguay-Trouin (decommissioned on the 13th of July 1999) and the D610 Tourville, are named after famous French sailors.

Between 1994 and 1996, the Tourville and the De Grasse were refitted with the modern SLAMS anti-submarine system, an active Very Low Frequencies sonar.