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L'Adroit 2012

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
L'Adroit	P725		DCNS, Lorient	10.6.2010	18.5.2011	19.3.2012	returned to builder 8.2018, to Argentina 11.2018

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	1100
Displacement full, t	1500
Length, m	81.5 pp 87.0 oa
Breadth, m	13.0 wl 15.0 deck
Draught, m	3.80
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 ABC DZC diesels
Power, h. p.	8160
Max speed, kts	21
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	8000(12)
Armament	1 x 1 - 20/90 F2, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, 2 x 1 - 7.6/90, helicopter deck, S100 Serval UAV
Electronic equipment	2x nav., Scanter 4100, Scanter 6000 radars, EOMS-NG e/o detector, Agile IR e/o detector, Vigile, Altesse ECM suites, Sylena decoy launcher, Polaris-Matrics CCS
Complement	32 + 27 passengers

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Project history

Privately funded by DCNS offshore patrol vessel (OPV Hermes) offered for service in a unique deal allowing the French Navy operational use of the ship under a three-year testing program. The deal allows the navy to test the vessel under operational conditions beginning in 2012 while affording the company the opportunity to show off the ship for marketing purposes, later deal was prolonged till July 2017. Built with steel hull and helicopter/UAV deck aft and the capability to launch and recover RIBs and small craft via a stern ramp, the ship is used primarily for EEZ patrol and general maritime support operations. There is helicopter deck able to landing of NH-90 helicopter, hangar can accommodate S100 Serval UAV. Polaris CCS is the version of SENIT 9. Two ZH935 9.3m RIBs can be launched via stern ramp.

Modernizations

none

Naval service

No significant events.