History
France
Name Cassard
Namesake Jacques Cassard
Builder DCNS S.A.
Laid down 3 September 1982
Launched 6 February 1985
Commissioned 29 July 1988
Decommissioned 15 March 2019
Identification
Status Decommissioned
General characteristics
Class and type Cassard -class frigate
Displacement 4500 t
Length 139 m (456 ft)
Beam 14 m (46 ft)
Draught 6 m (20 ft)
Propulsion
4 Pielstick PA6 BTC diesel engines
2 fixed pace propellers
4 diesel-alternators (3400 kW) for electrical plant
Speed 25 knots (46 km/h)
Range 8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km) at 17 knots (31 km/h)
Troops room for special forces
Complement
22 officers
142 non-commissioned officers
80 enlisted personnel
Sensors and processing systems
DRBV26C sentry radar
1 DRBJ11B tri-dimensional air sentry radar
1 DIBV2A infra-red alert system
2 DRBN34 navigation and landing radar
1 DUBV 24C hull sonar
Electronic warfare & decoys
1 ARBR 17 radar detector
1 SAIGON radio emission detector
1 ARBB 33 jammer
2 SAGAIE NG decoy launchers
2 DAGAIE decoy launchers
1 Syracuse II system
Armament
Aircraft carried 1 × Panther anti-submarine helicopter
Tartar SM1 missile on Cassard .
Cassard was an anti-aircraft destroyer of the French Marine Nationale , lead ship of the Cassard class . She was the 10th vessel of the French Navy named after the 18th century captain Jacques Cassard .
Service history
Cassard was fitted with a number of prototype equipments which were later incorporated into the La Fayette -class frigates.
In April 2016, Cassard was named as one of the ships participating in Operation Griffin Strike, a test of the Combined Joint Expeditionary Force between the French and British armed forces.[1]
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