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     D641 Dupleix      

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

Country: France.
Class, [Type]: Georges Leygues, [DD].
Homeport: Toulon.

Callsign: FADL ( Foxtrot Alfa Delta Lima )

Builder: Brest Dockyard, France.
Laid down: 17 October 1975.
Launch date: 2 December 1978.
Commission date: 16 June 1981.

Displacement ( tons ): 3550 standard, 4500 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 139 x 14 x 5,5.
Main machinery: CODOG: 2 x RR Olympus TM3B gas turbines ( 52000 hp ), 2 x SEMT-Pielstick 16 PA6C V280 diesels ( 10720 hp ).
Speed ( knots ): 30.
Range ( miles ): 10000 at 15 knots.
Complement: 235 ( 20 officers ).

Guns: 1 x 1 CADAM 100mm, 2 x 1 Oerlikon Mk10 20mm, 4 x 1 12,7mm.
Missiles: SSM: 4 x 1 MM38 Exocet; SAM: 1 x 8 Crotale ( 18 missiles ); 2 x 2 Simbad.
Torpedoes: 2 x 1 550mm for L5 Mod4 ( 10 torpedoes ).

Radars: Air/Surface: DRBV-15A; Fire Control: DRBC-33A; Navigation: 2 x DRBN-32.
Sonars: DUBV-23; DUBV-43C VDS.
Countermeasures: Decoys: Syllex, AN/SLQ-25A Nixie towed acoustic torpedo decoy; ECM/ESM: ARBB-36A.
Helicopters: 2 x Lynx WG13 Mk4.

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