French frigate Cassard
Cassard is an anti-aircraft destroyer of the French Marine Nationale, lead ship of the Cassard class. She is the 10th vessel of the French Navy named after the 18th century captain Jacques Cassard.
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Name: | Cassard |
Namesake: | Jacques Cassard |
Builder: | DCNS S.A. |
Laid down: | 3 September 1982 |
Launched: | 6 February 1985 |
Commissioned: | 29 July 1988 |
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Status: | in active service |
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) |
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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 |
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Aircraft carried: | 1 × Panther anti-submarine helicopter |
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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References
- "UK and France launch rapid deployment exercise". Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom). 10 April 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
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