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Duperré 1980

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Duperré	D633		Arsenal de Lorient	2.11.1954	23.6.1956	8.10.1957	trials ship A633 1967-1974, stricken 6.1992
La Bourdonnais	D634		Arsenal de Brest	7.12.1954	15.10.1955	3.3.1958	stricken 11.1977
Forbin	D635		Arsenal de Brest	7.12.1954	15.10.1955	1.2.1958	stricken 6.1981
Tartu	D636		A C Bretagne, Nantes	14.12.1954	2.12.1955	5.2.1958	stricken 4.1980
Jauréguiberry	D637		F C de la Gironde, Bordeaux	9/1954	5.11.1955	15.7.1958	stricken 9.1977

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	2750
Displacement full, t	3740
Length, m	128.6
Breadth, m	12.7
Draught, m	5.40
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 sets Rateau geared steam turbines, 4 Indret boilers
Power, h. p.	63000
Max speed, kts	34
Fuel, t	oil 800
Endurance, nm(kts)	5000(18)
Armament	3 x 2 - 127/54 Mod 1948, 3 x 2 - 57/60 Mod 1951, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 2 x 3 - 550 TT, 1 x 6 - 375 Bofors Mk 54 ASWRL
Electronic equipment	DRBV-22A, DRBI-10, DRBC-11, 2x DRBC-30 radars, DUBV-1, DUBA-1 sonars
Complement	346

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Project history

The T 53 design was a follow-on from the T 47. Five ships were authorized in 1953, the sixth was completed to a revised design.

The main difference as compared with the T 47 was an increased capability for tracking and controlling aircraft. The air search radar - an improved model - was moved to the mainmast so that a DRBI-10 height-finder could be installed on the foremast. ASW capability was increased by the addition of a 375mm Bofors ASW RL aft; the forward banks of ASW tubes were deleted in compensation.

Modernizations

1969-1971, Tartu, La Bourdonnais, Jauréguiberry: + SENIT-2 CCS

1973, Forbin: - 1 x 2 - 127/54(aft), 1 x 2 - 57/60(fwd); + helicopter deck

1974, Duperré: had armament and sensors consisted of 4 x 1 MM38 Exocet SSM (4 MM38), 1 x 1 - 100/55 Mod 1968, 2 - 550 torpedo catapults (8 L5), 1 helicopter (Lynx), DRBV-22A, DRBV-51A, DRBC-51A radars, DUBV-23, DUBV-43 VDS sonars, 2x Syllex decoy RL, SENIT-2 CCS

late 1970s, Duperré: + DRBC-32E radar

1980s, Duperré: - 2 x Syllex decoy RL; + ARBR-16 ECM suite, 2x Corvus decoy RL

Naval service

In 1967 Duperré was disarmed and became a trials ship (pennant no A633) for a large variable-depth sonar. In 1972-74 she underwent an extensive ASW conversion and rerated as destroyer again.