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     D614 Cassard      

Photo byDecember 2011. The Toulon. Photo by E. Pavlov.

Country: France.
Class, [Type]: Cassard, [DDG].
Homeport: Toulon.

Callsign: FACD ( Foxtrot Alfa Charlie Delta )

Builder: Lorient Naval Dockyard, France.
Launch date: 6 February 1985.
Commission date: 29 July 1988.

Displacement ( tons ): 4500 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 139 x 14 x 6.
Main machinery: 4 x SEMT-Pielstick 18 PA6 V 280 BTC diesels ( 43200 hp ).
Speed ( knots ): 25.
Range ( miles ): 8000 at 17 knots.
Complement: 244 ( 22 officers ).

Guns: 1 x 1 100mm, 2 x 1 Oerlikon 20mm, 4 x 1 12,7mm.
Missiles: SSM: 2 x 4 MM40 Exocet; SAM: 1 x 1 Mk13 launcher ( 40 Standard SM-1MR missiles ), 2 x 6 Sadral ( 39 Mistral missiles ).
Torpedoes: 2 x 1 550mm for L5 Mod4 ( 10 torpedoes ).

Radars: Air Search: DRBV-26C, DRBJ-11B; Fire Control: DRBC-33A, 2 x AN/SPG-51C; Navigation: DRBN-34.
Sonars: DUBV-24C; DUBV-43C VDS.
Countermeasures: Decoys: 2 x CSEE AMBL 1B Dagaie, 2 x AMBL 2A Sagaie, AN/SLQ-25A Nixie towed torpedo decoy.
Helicopters: 2 x Lynx WG13 Mk4 or AS-365MF Panther.

Year of visit the Black Sea:  1991

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