MN Jean Bart at dock beside stealth frigates Surcouf and Courbet on July 21st, 2004.
The Cassard-class (Type F70 AA) is a class of AA (air defence) destroyers of the French and Portuguese navies. The class is an air defence variant of the Georges Leygues-class. The two classes have a different armament and propulsion system mounted on an identical hull. Their primary role is to provide air cover for a fleet, an aeronaval group, or a convoy. They can also be used for research, identification or presence missions.
The experience gained during the design and construction of the Cassard-class was used for the design of the La Fayette-class frigates.
Specifications[]
- Type: Air Defence Destroyer
- Service Period: 1988-Present
- Characteristics:
- Length: 456 feet (138.99 meters)
- Beam: 46 feet (14.02 meters)
- Draft: 20 feet (6.1 meters)
- Displacement: 4,500 tons (Stardard); 5,060 tons (Full Load)
- Crew: 250
- Propulsion: 4 × SEMT Pielstick 18PA6-V280 BTC diesel engines, 42,000 hp
- Range: 8,000 nautical miles (14,816 kilometers) at 17 knots (31.48 km/h)
- Speed: 29.6 knots (54.82 km/h)
- Sensor Suite:
- DRBJ-11B 3D Multifunction AESA RDF
- DRBV-26C Air Search RDF
- DRBC-33A 3D Gun Fire Control RDF
- AN/SPG-51C Missile Fire Control RDF
- DRBN-34 Navigation RDF
- DUBA-25 Hull mounted ASDIC
- DSBV-61 Towed Array ASDIC
- Countermeasures:
- ARBR-17 Radio Detector
- ARBB-33 Jammer
- SAIGON Radio Emission Detector
- SAGAIE NG decoy launchers
- DAGAIE decoy launchers
- Armament:
- 1 × Creusot- Loire Compact 100mm/55 Mod 68 dual purpose naval gun
- 1 x Single Arm Launcher (fires RIM-66E SM-1 Blk.VIB AAMs)
- 2 × Sadral sextuple launcher (39 × Mistral CIWS anti-air missiles)
- 8 × MM40 Blk.3 Exocet anti-ship missiles
- 2 x KD-59E 21" torpedo tubes (fires L5 torpedoes)
- 2 × 20mm F2 anti-aircraft guns
- 4 × 12.7mm machine guns
- Aircraft Carried: 1 × Eurocopter AS565 Panther anti-submarine helicopter
Unit Run[]
France[]
- MN Cassard (D657)
- MN Jean Bart (D658)
- MN Condorcet (D659)
- MN Durandal (D660)
Portugal[]
- NRP Martim Soares Moreno (D336)
- NRP António Raposo Tavares (D337)