Sea Weapons

Guided Missile Destroyer (1979)

Georges Leygues class

Preceded by:

Tourville (1974)

Succeeded by:

Cassard (1988)

Datafile

ClassGeorges Leygues
TypeGuided Missile Destroyer
Year1979
Crew216
Dimensions
Length129 m (pp)
139.1 m
Beam14 m
Draught5.7 m
Displacement
Empty3,550 t
Loaded4,350 t
Performance
Speed56 km/h
Range17,594 km @ 31 km/h
Machinery
Shafts2
Turbines2 x Gas turbine
hp
52000
2 x Diesel generator
hp
10400
Fuel-
Armament
Main
Anti-Aircraft
Torpedo tubes2x1 x (323.7-mm)
AA WeaponsMM38 Exocet (2 x 2 Croatale EDIR) [8]
Armor
ArmorNone
Sensors
RadarDRBV 26
DRBV 51C
DRBC 32E
SonarDUBV 23B
DUBV 43B VDS
Aircraft
Aircraft2
Production
Built7
Total7

Registry

Ship Code Builder Laid Launch Comm Decomm Fate
Georges Leygues D640 Arsenal de Brest16/09/197417/12/197610/12/197921/03/2014Inactive
Dupleix D641 Arsenal de Brest17/10/197502/12/197813/06/198109/2015Inactive
Montcalm D642 Arsenal de Brest05/12/197531/05/198028/05/198211/04/2017Inactive
Jean de Vienne D643 Arsenal de Brest26/10/197917/11/198125/05/198411/06/2018Inactive
Mod. Georges Leygues:
Primauguet D644 Arsenal de Brest17/11/198117/03/198405/11/198601/04/2019Inactive
Lamotte-Picquet D645 Arsenal de Brest12/02/198206/02/198518/02/198813/10/2020Inactive
Latouche-Treville D646 Arsenal de Brest15/02/198419/03/198816/07/199001/07/2022Inactive