Country: France.
Class, [Type]: Le Normand, [FF].
Homeport: Toulon.
Builder: Lorient Dockyard, France.
Launch date: 23 June 1956.
Commission date: 14 May 1958.
Decommission date: 30 November 1985.
Displacement ( tons ): 1250 standard, 1700 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 100 x 10,5 x 4.
Main machinery: 1 x Parsons geared turbine ( 20000 hp ).
Speed ( knots ): 27.
Range ( miles ): 4500 at 15 knots.
Complement: 205 ( 13 officers ).
Guns: 3 x 2 57mm, 2 x 1 20mm.
A/S weapons: 1 x 6 Bofors ASM mortair 305mm.
Torpedoes: 2 x 1 550mm for L5 Mod4 ( 10 torpedoes ).
Radar: Air Search: DRBV-22A; Fire Control: DRBC-31; Navigation: DRBV-31.
Sonar: DUBV-24; DUBA-1.
Year of visit the Black Sea: 1976