Ident-ships
La Fayette
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History
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Builder :
Keel laid :
15 December 1990
Launched :
13 June 1992
Commissioned :
22 March 1996
Specifications
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Displacement :
3,280
t
(3,230
long tons
)
3,680Â t (3,620 long tons) fully loaded
Length :
125Â m (410Â ft 1Â in)
Width :
15.4Â m (50Â ft 6Â in)
Draft:
4.8Â m (15Â ft 9Â in)
Propulsion :
4 × SEMT Pielstick 12PA6V280 STC2 diesel engines, 21,000 hp (16,000 kW)
Speed :
25
knots
(46Â km/h; 29Â mph)
Range :
7,000
nmi
(13,000Â km; 8,100Â mi) at 15 knots (28Â km/h; 17Â mph)
Crew :
170+;
197 reported embarked for 2023 global deployment
Military equipment
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Sensors :
1 × Air/Surface DRBV 15C sentry radar
1 x SENIT FLF combat management system (replaced previous Thales TAVITAC CMS during 2021–22 refit)
1 × firing control radar for the 100 mm gun
1 × DRBN34 navigation radar
1 × DRBN34 landing radar
1 x KingKlip Mk 2 hu
Weapon systems :
Electronic warfare and decoys :
1 × Saïgon ARBG 1 radio interceptor
1 × ARBR 21 radar interceptor
2 × Dagaie Mk2
chaff
launcher
1 × AN/
SLQ-25 Nixie
tugged noise maker
1 ×
Prairie-Masker
noise reduction system
1 × Syracuse II
1 × Inmarsat
CANTO anti-torpedo countermeasures (fitted durin
Armament :
Anti-ship;
8 ×
Exocet MM40 Block 3
anti-ship missiles
(Block 3c variant entering service in French Navy from December 2022)
Guns;
1 ×
100Â mm TR automatic gun
2 ×
20 mm modèle F2 guns
Anti-aircraft;
2 x 6 Sadral launchers with
Mistral Mk 3 SAM/SSM
(repla
Embarked aviation :
1 × helicopter (
Panther
or
NH90
)