French frigate Cassard
Cassard was an anti-aircraft destroyer of the French Marine Nationale, lead ship of the Cassard class. She was the 10th vessel of the French Navy named after the 18th century captain Jacques Cassard.
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Name | Cassard |
Namesake | Jacques Cassard |
Builder | DCNS S.A. |
Laid down | 3 September 1982 |
Launched | 6 February 1985 |
Commissioned | 29 July 1988 |
Decommissioned | 15 March 2019 |
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Status | Decommissioned |
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Class and type | Cassard-class frigate |
Displacement | 4500 t |
Length | 139 m (456 ft) |
Beam | 14 m (46 ft) |
Draught | 6 m (20 ft) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 25 knots (46 km/h) |
Range | 8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km) at 17 knots (31 km/h) |
Troops | room for special forces |
Complement |
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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 | 1 × Panther anti-submarine helicopter |
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Tartar SM1 missile on Cassard.
Service history
Cassard was fitted with a number of prototype equipments which were later incorporated into the La Fayette-class frigates.
In April 2016, Cassard was named as one of the ships participating in Operation Griffin Strike, a test of the Combined Joint Expeditionary Force between the French and British armed forces.[1]
References
- "UK and France launch rapid deployment exercise". Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom). 10 April 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
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