French frigate Duquesne (D603)

Duquesne was a Suffren-class frigate of the French Navy. The French Navy does not use the term "destroyer" for its ships; hence some large ships, referred to as "frigates", are registered as destroyers. She was designed to protect a fleet against air threats, surface ships, submarines, and, to a lesser extent, provide firepower against land objectives. She is the sister-ship of Suffren. She is the eighth French vessel named after the 17th century admiral Abraham Duquesne. Her weapon systems bear names of battles to which Duquesne took part: Messine (turret n°1), Palerme (turret n°2), Alicuri (Malafon launcher), Agosta (Masurca launcher) and Stromboli (MM38 launcher).

Duquesne in 2004
History
France
Name	Duquesne
Namesake	Abraham Duquesne
Builder	Lorient arsenal
Laid down	November 1964
Launched	12 February 1966
Commissioned	1 April 1970
Out of service	2008
Homeport	Toulon
Identification	D 603
Status	In active service as a training ship
General characteristics
Class and type	Suffren-class frigate
Displacement	5335 tonnes 6780 full load
Length	158 m (518 ft)
Beam	15.50 m (50.9 ft)
Draught	7.25 m (23.8 ft)
Propulsion	4 steam boilers and 4 turbines for 2 propellers; 72500 hp 3440 kW, 2 turbo-alternators and 3 diesel-alternators
Speed	34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Complement	23 officers 337 petty officers and sailors
Sensors and processing systems	DRBI23 tridimentional sentry radar DRBV15 surface or low-altitude sentry radar DRBC33 multi-system targeting radar DRBN34 DRBR51
Electronic warfare & decoys	2 "Sagaie" decoy launchers SLQ-25 Nixie ARBR33 jammer ARBR17 detector
Armament	1 twin launcher of surface-air Masurca missiles (DRBR51-guided) (48 missiles) 4 launchers of MM38 Exocet missiles (4 missiles) 1 launcher of Malafon anti-submarine rocket torpedoes 4 launchers of L5 anti-submarine torpedoes (10 torpedoes) 2 100 mm turrets ("Messine" and "Palerme") 4 × 20 mm cannons 4 × 12,7 mm machine guns

Duquesne was decommissioned in 2008, but has been retained for use as a training ship.