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History |
France |
Name | Montcalm |
Namesake | Louis de Montcalm de Saint Véran |
Builder | Arsenal de Brest, France |
Laid down | 5 December 1975 |
Launched | 31 May 1980 |
Commissioned | 28 May 1982 |
Decommissioned | 3 July 2017 |
Status | Awaiting disposal |
General characteristics |
Class and type | Georges Leygues-class frigate |
Displacement |
- 3,550 t (3,494 long tons)
- 4,500 t (4,429 long tons) full load
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Length | 139 m (456 ft 0 in) |
Beam | 14 m (45 ft 11 in) |
Height | 39.36 m (129 ft 2 in) |
Draught | 5.8 m (19 ft 0 in) |
Propulsion | |
Speed |
- 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) on gas turbines
- 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) on diesels
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Range |
- 1,000 nmi (1,900 km; 1,200 mi) at 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph) on gas turbines
- 10,000 nmi (19,000 km; 12,000 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) on diesels
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Complement |
- 20 officers
- 120 non-commissioned officers
95 men
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Sensors and processing systems |
- Detection:
- 1 Air/surface sentry radar DRBV51C
- 1 Air sentry radar DRBV 26
- 1 Fire control radar DRBC 32E
- 2 Navigation radar KH 1007
- 1 Hull sonar DUBV 23
- 1 Towed sonar DUBV 43C
- Tactical information:
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Electronic warfare & decoys |
- 2 Radar interceptors ARBR 16
- 2 × Syllex chaff launchers
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Armament |
- Anti-air:
- Anti-surface:
- 4 × Exocet MM38 missiles/later 8 x MM40 variant
- Anti-submarine:
- 10 × L5 Mod4 torpedoes
- 2 × L5 torpedo launchers
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Aircraft carried | |
Montcalm was a F70 type anti-submarine frigate of the French Marine Nationale. The French Navy does not use the term "destroyer" for any of its ships; hence some of the larger ships, referred to as "frigates", are registered as destroyers. She was the fourth French vessel named after the 18th century general marquess Louis de Montcalm de Saint Véran.
Operational history
Montcalm was involved in operations off Libya during the 2011 Libyan Civil War. The vessel was used to evacuate French and British citizens from the nation after fighting closed the airports.[1] From 13 to 26 October 2014, the frigate took part in the large international operational exercise Catamaran 2014 that practiced an amphibious assault.[2] Montcalm was decommissioned on 3 July 2017.[3] The hull was then stripped and brought to Brégaillon to await final disposal.[4]
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