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French frigate Tourville
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For other ships with the same name, see French ship Tourville.
Tourville is the lead ship of F67 type large high-sea frigates of the French Marine Nationale. The vessel is specialised in anti-submarine warfare, though it also has anti-air and anti-surface capabilities. She is named after the 17th century admiral Count Anne-Hilarion de Cotentin de Tourville.
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Name | Tourville |
Namesake | Anne Hilarion de Tourville |
Laid down | 16 March 1970 |
Launched | 13 May 1973 |
Commissioned | 14 June 1975 |
Decommissioned | 11 June 2011 |
Homeport | Brest |
Identification | D 610 |
Fate | Decommissioned |
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Class and type | Tourville-class frigate |
Displacement | 4,580 tonnes (6,100 tonnes fully loaded) |
Length | 152.75 m (501 ft 2 in) |
Beam | 15.80 m (51 ft 10 in) |
Draught | 6.60 m (21 ft 8 in) |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) |
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Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys |
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Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 2 × Lynx WG13 anti-ship helicopter |
Close
Between 1994 and 1996, Tourville (and sister ship De Grasse) was refitted with the modern SLAMS anti-submarine system, an active Very Low Frequencies sonar.