French frigate Tourville

Tourville in July 2008
History
France
NameTourville
NamesakeAnne Hilarion de Tourville
Laid down16 March 1970
Launched13 May 1973
Commissioned14 June 1975
Decommissioned11 June 2011
HomeportBrest
IdentificationD 610
FateDecommissioned
General characteristics (as built)
Class & typeTourville-class frigate
Displacement
Length152.8 m (501 ft 4 in)
Beam15.3 m (50 ft 2 in)
Draught5.7 m (18 ft 8 in)
Installed power
Propulsion2 × shafts; 2 × steam turbines
Speed32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Range5,000 nautical miles (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement282
Sensors &
processing systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys
2 × Syllex chaff launchers
Armament
Aircraft carried2 × Westland Lynx helicopters
Aviation facilitiesDouble hangar

Tourville was the lead ship of her class of three guided-missile frigates built for the French Navy during the 1970s. They were designed as convoy escorts during the Cold War.