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Le Fringant 1978  

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate	Modification
Le Fougueux	P641		A C Dubigeon, Nantes		31.5.1954	6.1955	stricken 6.1975	Le Fougueux group
L'Opiniâtre	P642		F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne		3.11.1955	12.1955	stricken 10.1975	Le Fougueux group
L'Agile	P643		A C Provence, Port-de-Bouc		26.6.1954	9.1955	stricken 2.1976	Le Fougueux group
L'Intrépide	P630		CMN, Cherbourg		12.12.1958	7.1959	stricken 2.1979	L'Adroit group
L'Ardent	P635		A C Augustin-Normand, Le Havre		17.7.1958	3.1959	stricken 1.1980	L'Adroit group
L'Etourdi	P637		F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne		5.2.1958	3.1959	stricken 2.1978	L'Adroit group
L'Effronté	P638		A C Augustin-Normand, Le Havre		27.1.1959	9.1959	stricken 4.1978	L'Adroit group
Le Frondeur	P639		DCAN, Lorient		7.10.1957	9.1959	stricken 11.1977	L'Adroit group
Le Fringant	P640		F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne		6.2.1958	6.1959	stricken 6.1983	L'Adroit group
L'Adroit	P644		DCAN, Lorient		5.10.1957	6.1958	stricken 5.1980	L'Adroit group
L'Alerte	P645		DCAN, Lorient		5.10.1957	6.1958	stricken 5.1980	L'Adroit group
L'Attentif	P646		DCAN, Lorient		5.10.1957	7.1958	stricken 2.1978	L'Adroit group
L'Enjoué	P647		DCAN, Lorient		5.10.1957	8.1958	stricken 6.1978	L'Adroit group
Le Hardi	P648		CMN, Cherbourg		17.9.1958	5.1959	stricken 2.1979	L'Adroit group

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	325
Displacement full, t	400
Length, m	53.1
Breadth, m	7.30
Draught, m	3.10
No of shafts	2
Machinery	4 SEMT-Pielstick diesels
Power, h. p.	3240
Max speed, kts	19
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	3000(12)
Armament	Le Fougueux group: 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 4 DCT, 2 DCR P630: 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 1 x 1 - 550 TT (aft), 1 x 1 - 120 ASW mortar, 2 DCT, 2 DCR others of L'Adroit group: 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 1 x 1 - 120 ASW mortar, 2 DCT, 2 DCR
Electronic equipment	Le Fougueux group: Decca radar, DUBA-2 sonar L'Adroit group: Decca radar, QCU-2 sonar
Complement	62

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Project history

The first three ships were funded under MDAP. The other eleven vessels were purchased by France: five were authorized in 1955 and six in 1956.

After the first three ships changes were made in the shape of the bridge structure and in the armament.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.