Cassard-class Guided Missile Destroyer
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The Cassard-class (Type F70 AA) is a class of AA (air defence) destroyers of the French Navy. The class is an air defence variant of the Georges Leygues-class. The two classes have a different armament and propulsion system mounted on an identical hull. Their primary role is to provide air cover for a fleet, an aeronaval group, or a convoy. They can also be used for research, identification or presence missions.
The experience gained during the design and construction of the Cassard-class was used for the design of the La Fayette-class frigates.
Specifications[edit | edit source]
- Type: Air Defence Destroyer
- Service Period: 1988-Present
- Characteristics:
- Length: 456 feet (138.99 meters)
- Beam: 46 feet (14.02 meters)
- Draft: 20 feet (6.1 meters)
- Displacement: 4,500 tons (Standard); 5,000 tons (Full Load)
- Crew: 250
- Propulsion: 4 × SEMT Pielstick 18PA6-V280 BTC diesel engines, 42,000 hp
- Range: 8,000 nautical miles (14,816 kilometers)
- Speed: 29 knots (53.71 km/h)
- Sensor Suite:
- 1 DRBV26C sentry Radar
- 1 Thales SMART-S MK2 (replacing DRBJ11B)
- 1 DIBV2A infra-red alert system
- 2 DRBN34 navigation and landing Radar
- 1 DUBV 24C hull sonar
- Syracuse II satellite communication system
- 1 ARBR 17 Radar detector
- 1 SAIGON radio emission detector
- Countermeasures:
- 1 ARBB 33 jammer
- 2 SAGAIE NG decoy launchers
- 2 DAGAIE decoy launchers
- Armament:
- 1 × Creusot- Loire Compact 100mm/55-caliber Mod 68 dual purpose naval gun
- 1 x Mk.13 Single Arm Launcher (fires 40 RIM-66 SM-1 SAMs)
- 2 × Sadral sextuple launcher (39 × Mistral CIWS anti-air missiles)
- 8 × MM40 Exocet anti-ship missiles
- 2 × fixed torpedo tubes (10 × L5 mod 4 torpedoes)
- 2 × 20mm F2 anti-aircraft guns
- 4 × 12.7mm machine guns
- Aircraft Carried: 1 × Eurocopter AS565 Panther anti-submarine helicopter
Unit Run[edit | edit source]
France[edit | edit source]
- MN Cassard (D614)
- MN Jean Bart (D615)
- MN Courbet (D616)
- MN Durandal (D617)
Portugal[edit | edit source]
- NRP Martim Soares Moreno (D336)
- NRP António Raposo Tavares (D337)