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Tourville class frigate

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Career

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 large high-sea (Blue water) 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.

The three ships of the class are

D610 Tourville
D611 Duguay-Trouin (decommissioned in 1999)
D612 De Grasse

The frigate De Grasse	The frigate De Grasse	Aft of the frigate De Grasse; the tugget sonar is clearly visible	The command bridge of the De Grasse
The frigate De Grasse, harboured in Portsmouth, for the International Festival of the Sea (25th of August 2001).	close-up of the bridge of the Tourville. The rescue crafts are clearly visible, as well as the Exocet launchers and the firing control systems	close-up of the bow deck of the Tourville; the 100mm turret is clearly visible	close-up of the bow deck of the Tourville; the 100mm turret is clearly visible
The frigate Tourville	The frigate Tourville