French frigate Cassard

Cassard was an anti-aircraft destroyer of the French Marine Nationale, lead ship of the Cassard class. She was the 10th vessel of the French Navy named after the 18th century captain Jacques Cassard.

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Cassard.
History
France
NameCassard
NamesakeJacques Cassard
BuilderDCNS S.A.
Laid down3 September 1982
Launched6 February 1985
Commissioned29 July 1988
Decommissioned15 March 2019
Identification
StatusDecommissioned
General characteristics
Class and type Cassard-class frigate
Displacement4500 t
Length139 m (456 ft)
Beam14 m (46 ft)
Draught6 m (20 ft)
Propulsion
  • 4 Pielstick PA6 BTC diesel engines
  • 2 fixed pace propellers
  • 4 diesel-alternators (3400 kW) for electrical plant
Speed25 knots (46 km/h)
Range8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km) at 17 knots (31 km/h)
Troopsroom for special forces
Complement
  • 22 officers
  • 142 non-commissioned officers
  • 80 enlisted personnel
Sensors and
processing systems
  • DRBV26C sentry radar
  • 1 DRBJ11B tri-dimensional air sentry radar
  • 1 DIBV2A infra-red alert system
  • 2 DRBN34 navigation and landing radar
  • 1 DUBV 24C hull sonar
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • 1 ARBR 17 radar detector
  • 1 SAIGON radio emission detector
  • 1 ARBB 33 jammer
  • 2 SAGAIE NG decoy launchers
  • 2 DAGAIE decoy launchers
  • 1 Syracuse II system
Armament
Aircraft carried1 × Panther anti-submarine helicopter
Tartar SM1 missile on Cassard.

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]

References
  1. "UK and France launch rapid deployment exercise". Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom). 10 April 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
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