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649:machine guns
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380:machine guns
378:4 Ă— 12.7 mm
356:
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311:
295:& decoys
243:Sensors and
196:31,000
149:Displacement
92:
52:
36:
1566:Helicopters
1194:French Navy
1057:(In French)
995:12 December
655:Electronics
617:MM40 Exocet
437:French Navy
425:Type F70 AA
337:MM40 Exocet
299:Thomson-CSF
251:Thomson-CSF
226:8,000
204:), 2 shafts
1608:Categories
1471:Triomphant
1253:La Fayette
881:References
788:Cancelled
718:Laid down
530:Propulsion
516:helicopter
493:T 47-class
475:La Fayette
433:destroyers
409:helicopter
349:2 Ă— fixed
331:Anti-ship;
235:Complement
181:Propulsion
110:In service
1556:Falcon 10
1303:Confiance
1245:Aquitaine
1114:Jean Bart
886:Citations
854:Jean Bart
758:Jean Bart
721:Launched
465:in 2021.
463:Jean Bart
455:lead ship
312:Anti-air;
118:Completed
113:1988–2021
105:1982–1991
93:Aquitaine
70:Operators
64:DCNS S.A.
37:Jean Bart
869:See also
838:Frigate
715:Pennant
594:Kersaint
562:Armament
427:) was a
306:Armament
60:Builders
1579:Panther
1574:Dauphin
1540:Hawkeye
1450:Suffren
1391:Durance
1382:Tankers
1324:Mistral
1274:Floréal
1107:Cassard
1093:Cassard
1008:Sources
909:100–101
862:Courbet
858:Surcouf
840:Cassard
825:Cassard
810:Gallery
781:Courbet
734:Cassard
704:Cassard
632:Cassard
624:torpedo
606:Mistral
602:Cassard
568:Cassard
536:Cassard
489:Cassard
470:Cassard
459:Cassard
435:of the
419:Cassard
391:Mistral
351:torpedo
173:Draught
143:Frigate
126:Retired
53:Cassard
1514:Patrol
1504:Rafale
1036:
1021:
915:
796:D 617
785:D 616
763:D 615
739:D 614
588:Bouvet
583:Mach 2
483:Design
320:(40 Ă—
157:Length
79:
1473:class
1452:class
1444:class
1442:Rubis
1132:class
712:Name
579:radar
552:knots
477:class
444:class
429:class
421:class
385:CIWS;
357:Guns;
223:Range
216:knots
214:29.5
211:Speed
102:Built
95:class
55:class
1589:NH90
1584:Lynx
1462:SSBN
1349:EDIC
1344:EDAR
1034:ISBN
1019:ISBN
997:2012
913:ISBN
860:and
630:The
609:CIWS
600:The
591:and
566:The
534:The
487:The
453:The
416:The
403:1 Ă—
361:1 Ă—
335:8 Ă—
316:1 Ă—
186:4 Ă—
165:Beam
139:Type
49:Name
1433:SSN
1354:CTM
369:gun
238:250
228:nmi
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793:~
651:.
640:DP
548:hp
544:kW
479:.
367:DP
202:hp
198:kW
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