French frigate Duguay-Trouin (D 611)
For other ships with the same name, see French ship Duguay-Trouin.
The hull of the ex-frigate Duguay-Trouin is used as a breakwater on the waters of the École Navale in Lanvéoc-Poulmic. | |
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Name: | Duguay-Trouin |
Namesake: | René Duguay-Trouin |
Builder: | Lorient arsenal |
Laid down: | 25 February 1971 |
Launched: | 1 June 1973 |
Commissioned: | 17 September 1975 |
Decommissioned: | 13 July 1999 |
Homeport: | Brest |
Identification: | D 611 |
Status: | Decommissioned |
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Class and type: | Tourville-class frigate |
Displacement: | 4580 tonnes (6100 tonnes fully loaded) |
Length: | 152.75 m (501.1 ft) |
Beam: | 15.80 m (51.8 ft) |
Draught: | 6.60 m (21.7 ft) |
Installed power: | 58,000 hp (43,000 kW) |
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Speed: | 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) |
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Aircraft carried: | 2 Lynx WG13 |
Duguay-Trouin is a F67 type large high-sea frigate of the French Marine Nationale specialised in anti-submarine warfare, though it also has anti-air and anti-surface capabilities. She was the 10th French vessel named after the 17th century privateer René Duguay-Trouin.
She was decommissioned on 13 July 1999 and is used as a harbour wave-breaker protection.
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