Tourville (D 610)
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| Career France | Image:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg |
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| Laid down: | 16 March 1970 |
| Launched: | 13 May 1973
<tr valign=top><td>Commissioned:</td><td>14 June 1975</td></tr> |
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<tr valign=top><td>Homeport:</td><td>Brest</td></tr> |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 4580 tonnes (6100 tonnes fully loaded) |
| Length: | 152.75 m |
| Beam: | 15.80 m
<tr valign=top><td>Draught:</td><td>6.60 m</td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Propulsion:</td><td>2 Rateau steam turbines, double reduction |
| Speed: | 32 knots (59 km/h)
<tr valign=top><td>Range:</td><td>1900 nautical miles (3500 km) at 30 knots (56 km/h) |
| Complement: | 24 officers 160 non-commissioned officers
Tactical information
Transmissions
1 ARBR 16 radar interceptor
Anti-surface
Anti-submarine
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The Tourvile is a F67 type large high-sea frigates of the French Marine Nationale specialised in anti-submarine warfare, though it also has anti-air and anti-surface capabilities. She is named after the XVIIth Century admiral count Anne-Hilarion de Cotentin de Tourville.
Between 1994 and 1996, the Tourville (and the De Grasse) was 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
[edit] See also
- French ship Tourville for other ships of the name
[edit] Photographs
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 |
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