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Cassard 2003

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Cassard	D614		Arsenal de Lorient	3.9.1982	6.2.1985	29.7.1988	in service (2019)
Jean Bart	D615		Arsenal de Lorient	12.2.1986	19.3.1988	21.9.1991	in service (2019)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	4230
Displacement full, t	4730
Length, m	129.0 pp 139.0 oa
Breadth, m	14.0
Draught, m	4.20 hull 6.50 propellers
No of shafts	2
Machinery	4 SEMT-Pielstick 18PA6C V280 BTC diesels
Power, h. p.	42300
Max speed, kts	29.6
Fuel, t	diesel oil 600
Endurance, nm(kts)	8000(17)
Armament	2 x 4 MM40 Exocet SSM (8 MM40), 1 x 1 Standard SM-1MR SAM (40 RIM-66), 2 x 6 Sadral SAM (39 Mistral), 1 x 1 - 100/55 Mod. 1968 CADEM, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10 Mod. 23, 4 x 1 - 12.7/90, 2 - 533/550 KD-59E torpedo catapults (10 L5 Mod. 4), 1 helicopter (Lynx)
Electronic equipment	D614: 2x DRBN-34A, DRBV-15, DRBV-26A, 2x SPG-51C, DRBC-33A radars, DIBV-1A Vampir IR E/O suite, DIBC-1A Piranha III E/O director, DUBA-25A sonar, ARBR-17, ARBB-33 Salamandre, ARBG-1A Saigon ECM suites, 2x AMBL-1C Dagaie 2 decoy RL, 2x AMBL-2A Sagaie decoy RL, SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy; SENIT-6 CCS D615: 2x DRBN-34A, DRBJ-11B, DRBV-26C, 2x SPG-51C, DRBC-33A radars, DIBV-1A Vampir IR E/O suite, DIBC-1A Piranha III E/O director, DUBA-24C sonar, ARBR-17, ARBB-33 Salamandre, ARBG-1A Saigon ECM suites, 2x AMBL-1C Dagaie 2 decoy RL, 2x AMBL-2A Sagaie decoy RL, SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy; SENIT-6 CCS
Complement	225

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Project history

The destroyers of the C 70 AA type (re-designated FAA - frigates anti-aeriennes - in June 1988) were intended to replace the four T 47 AAW conversions. Four ships were to have been built, and the third (D616 Courbet) and fourth (unnamed D617) of the class were indeed authorised in 1983. However, the decision by the United States Navy to terminate production of the SM 1 Standard missile in favour of the more advanced SM 2 resulted in their cancellation in the late 1980s.

with the major electronic arrays required for the air defence role. Propulsive power is provided instead by four SEMT-Pielstick 18 PA fast diesels, which feature double supercharging. Flexible engine mountings have reduced the level of noise emissions as compared with traditional diesel installations.

Modernizations

1992, Cassard: - DRBV-15, DRBV-26A radars; + DRBJ-11B, DRBV-26C radars

2002, Cassard; 2003, Jean Bart: - DIBV-1A e/o suite, SENIT-6 CCS; + DIBV-2A e/o suite, SENIT-6/8 CCS; 60m bulges were fitted, displacement increased by 100t.

2005, both: - 2 x 1 - 20/70; + 2 x 1 - 20/90 F2

2010, Cassard; 2012, Jean Bart: - DIBV-2A e/o suite; + EOMS-NG e/o suite

2012, Jean Bart; 2014, Cassard: - DRBJ-11B radar; + Smart-S Mk 2 radar

Naval service

No significant events.