French frigate Duguay-Trouin (D 611)
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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) |
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 |
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.
She is now anchored at Terenez on the river Aulne.
03 july 2020, the vessel arrived at the breakers, Ghent, Belgium.
Categories:
- Tourville-class frigates
- Cold War frigates of France
- Frigates of France
- Ships built in France
- 1973 ships