Sea Weapons

Guided Missile Destroyer (1988)

Cassard class

Preceded by:

Georges Leygues (1979)

Succeeded by:

Horizon (2008)

Datafile

ClassCassard
TypeGuided Missile Destroyer
Year1988
Crew225
Dimensions
Length129 m (pp)
139.1 m
Beam14 m
Draught5.6 m
Displacement
Empty3,900 t
Loaded4,500 t
Performance
Speed55 km/h
Range14,816 km @ 31 km/h
Machinery
Shafts2
Turbines4 x Diesel engine
hp
42300
Fuel-
Armament
Main
Anti-Aircraft
Torpedo tubes1x1 x (533-mm)
Launcher1 x Mk. 13 GMLS
AA WeaponsSM1-MR
MM40 Exocet (8)
L5 Mod 4 (10)
Armor
ArmorNone
Sensors
RadarDRBV 26C
DRBJ 11B
DRBC 33A
SPG-51C
SonarDUBA 25A
DUBV 24C
Aircraft
Helicopters1
Production
Built2
Total2

Registry

Ship Code Builder Laid Launch Comm Decomm Fate
Cassard D614 Arsenal de Lorient03/09/198206/02/198528/07/198815/03/2019Inactive
Jean Bart D615 Arsenal de Lorient12/03/198619/03/198821/09/199131/08/2021Inactive
Courbet D616 Arsenal de Lorient----Cancelled
(Unnamed) D617 Arsenal de Lorient----Cancelled