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Displacement: | 5335 tonnes |
Length: | 158 m |
Width: | 15,50 m |
Draught: | 7,25 m |
Propulsion: | 4 steam boilers and 4 turbines for 2 propellers; 72500 hp |
Electric Plant: | 3440 kW, 2 turbo-alternators and 3 diesel-alternators |
Speed: | 34 knots |
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Complement: | 360 men, including 23 officers. |
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Electronic Warfare | 2 "Sagaie" decoy launchers
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The Suffren anti-air frigate was a large vessel of the French Navy, designed to protect a fleet against air threats, surface ships, submarines, and, to a lesser extent, provide fire power against land objectives. She is the sister-ship of the Duquesne, and was decommissioned in 2001. She was the seventh French vessel named after the 18th century admiral Pierre André de Suffren.
Note: The French navy doesn't use the term "destroyer" for its ships; thus some large ships, referred to as "frigates", are registered as destroyers.
See French ship Suffren for other ships of this name.
Photographs
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Frigate Suffren in dry dock
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Frigate Suffren docked in Toulon beside the Jean Bart