Country: France.
Class, [Type]: Colbert, [CG].
Homeport: Brest.
Builder: Brest Naval Dockyard, France.
Launch date: 24 March 1956.
Commission date: 5 May 1959.
Decommission date: May 1991.
Displacement ( tons ): 8500 standard, 11300 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 180,5 x 20 x 7,7.
Main machinery: 2 x geared turbines ( 86000 hp ).
Speed ( knots ): 31,5.
Range ( miles ): 4000 at 25 knots.
Complement: 560 ( 24 officers ).
Guns: 2 x 1 100mm automatic, 6 x 2 57mm, 2 x 1 12,7mm.
Missiles: SSM: 4 x 1 MM38 Exocet, SAM: 1 x 2 Masurca ( 48 missiles ).
Radars: Air search: DRBV-23C; Surface search: DRBV-50; Navigation: Decca RM416; Fire Control: 2 x DRBR-51, DRBR-32C, 2 x DRBR-31.
Helicopters: 1 x Alouette III or Lynx.
Year of visit the Black Sea: 1978 | 1990