Tourville class frigate

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F67 class frigate
Frigate De Grasse
Class Overview
Type:	frigate
Name:	F67
Number of ships:	3
Succeeded by:	FREMM multipurpose frigate
General characteristics
Displacement:	4,580 tonnes 6,100 tonnes fully loaded
Length:	152.75 m
Beam:	15.80 m
Draught:	6.60 m
Propulsion:	2 Rateau steam turbines, double reduction 4 multitubular boilers Fuel: Gazoil Propelers : 2 fixed propelers Power : 58,000 hp (42 MW)
Speed:	32 knots (59 km/h)
Range:	1900 nautical miles (3500 km) at 30 knots (56 km/h) 4500 nautical miles (8300 km) and 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement:	24 officers 160 non-commissioned officers 115 men
Armament:	Anti-air 1 Crotale EDIR system (8 missiles on launcher, 18 in magazine) 2 × 100 mm turrets (1968 model) 2 × 20 mm cannons 4 × 12.7 mm machine guns Anti-surface 6 × Exocet MM38 anti-ship missiles launchers Anti-submarine 2 × L5 torpedoe launchers, 10 torpedoes on board (L5 mod 4)
Sensors and processing systems:	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 SENIT 3 SEAO/OPSMER HF, UHF, VHF and SHF liaison systems Syracuse 2 Inmarsat Link 11
Electronic warfare and decoys:	1 ARBB 32 jammer 1 ARBR 16 radar interceptor 2 Syllex decoy launchers bubble belt
Aircraft:	2 Lynx WG13
Ships of the class
Tourville (D 610), Duguay-Trouin (D 611), De Grasse (D 612)

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 SLASM 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 100 mm turret is clearly visible	close-up of the bow deck of the Tourville; the 100 mm turret is clearly visible
The frigate Tourville	The frigate Tourville