SUFFREN (D-602) destroyer

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SUFFREN (D-602) destroyer

Post by aukepalmhof » Tue Mar 03, 2020 7:54 pm

Built as a destroyer by Lorient Arsenal, Lorient for the French Navy.
21 December 1962 laid down.
15 May 1965 launched as the SUFFREN (D-602) one sister the DUGUESNE.
Displacement 5,335-ton standard, 8,730-ton full load, dim. 158 x 15.50 x 7.25m. (draught)
Powered by 4 steam turbines, 72,500 hp, 2 turbo-alternators, and 3 diesel-alternators, twin shafts, speed 34 knots.
Armament: 1 twin launcher of surface-air Masurca missiles (DRBR51-guided) (48 missiles), 4 launchers of MM38 Exocet missiles (4 missiles), 1 launcher of Malafon anti-submarine rocket torpedoes, 4 launchers of L5 anti-submarine torpedoes (10 torpedoes), 2 100 mm turrets, 4 × 20 mm cannons, 4 × 12,7 mm machine guns.
Crew 360.
01 October 1967 commissioned.

SUFFREN was a Suffren-class frigate of the French Navy, designed to protect a fleet against air threats, surface ships, submarines, and, to a lesser extent, provide firepower against land objectives. She is the sister-ship of DUGUESNE, and was decommissioned in 2001. She was the seventh French vessel named after the 18th-century admiral Pierre André de Suffren; her artillery turrets are named after ships commanded by the marquis of Suffren: turret n°1 is named Héros ("hero") after the ship of the line HÉROS, and turret n°2 is named Fantasque, after the ship of the line FANTASQUE.
The French navy doesn't use the term "destroyer" for its ships; thus some large ships, such as SUFFREN, referred to as "frigates", are registered as destroyers. With her sister-ship, she was the first missile-launching destroyer of the French Navy. She was designed to protect the French aircraft carriers FOCH and CLEMENCEAU against air and submarine threats. In 2001, SUFFREN was put in the reserve, her machinery becoming too expensive to maintain.
The dome-like structure surrounding the DRBI23 radar is reminiscent of the Dutch Tromp-class guided-missile frigates and has on occasion led to confusion when identifying between the two ship classes.
02 April 2001 stricken, when she is broken up I could not find.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_frigate_Suffren
Niger 2018 800F sg?, scott?
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Suffren_(D_602)_underway_in_1983.jpg
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