French frigate Dupleix

	Dupleix (foreground) underway in the Arabian Sea on 25 March 2007 with USS Preble (background)
History
France
Name	Dupleix
Namesake	Joseph Francois Dupleix
Builder	Brest Arsenal , France
Laid down	17 October 1975
Launched	2 December 1978
Commissioned	13 June 1981
Decommissioned	July 2015
Identification	MMSI number : 228723000
General characteristics
Class and type	Georges Leygues -class frigate
Displacement	3,550 t (3,494 long tons) ; 4,500 t (4,429 long tons) full load ;
Length	139 m (456 ft 0 in)
Beam	14 m (45 ft 11 in)
Height	39.36 m (129 ft 2 in)
Draught	5.8 m (19 ft 0 in)
Propulsion	CODOG ; 2 × Pielstick PA 6 V280 STD diesels, 5,200 hp (3,878 kW) ; 2 × Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B gas turbines, 26,000 hp (19,388 kW) ; 2 shafts with 4-blade controllable pitch propellers ;
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) on gas turbines ; 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) on diesels ;
Range	1,000 nmi (1,900 km; 1,200 mi) at 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph) on gas turbines ; 10,000 nmi (19,000 km; 12,000 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) on diesels ;
Complement	20 officers ; 120 non-commissioned officers ; 95 men ;
Sensors and ; processing systems	Detection: ; 1 Air/surface sentry radar DRBV51C ; 1 Air sentry radar DRBV 26 ; 1 Fire control radar DRBC 32E ; 2 Navigation radar KH 1007 ; 1 Hull sonar DUBV 23 ; 1 Towed sonar DUBV 43C ; Tactical information: ; SENIT 4 ; SEAO/OPSMER ;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	2 Radar interceptors ARBR 16 ; 2 × Syllex chaff launchers ;
Armament	Anti-air: ; 1 × Crotale EDIR system - 8 missiles on launcher + 18 stored ; 2 × Sadral - 2 × 6 Mistral missiles ; 1 × CADAM 100 mm main gun ; 2 × 20 mm guns ; 4 × 12.7 mm machine guns ; Anti-surface: ; 4 × Exocet MM38 missiles ; Anti-submarine: ; 10 × L5 Mod4 torpedoes ; 2 × L5 torpedo launchers ;
Aircraft carried	2 × Lynx WG13 Mk.4 helicopters, each with: ; 1 × DUAV4 sonar ; Rheseda system for transmission of acoustic data ; 12 × Mark 46 torpedoes ;

Dupleix was a F70 type anti-submarine frigate of the French Navy . She was the fourth French vessel (beside also two French commercial ships) named after the 18th century Governor of Pondichery and Governor-General of the French possessions in India marquess Joseph Francois Dupleix . She was decommissioned in 2014.

Service history [ edit ]

Dupleix was constructed by the Brest Arsenal , France, with her keel being laid down on 17 October 1975. The vessel was launched on 2 December 1978 and was commissioned into the French Navy on 13 June 1981. ^[1] The vessel was named for Joseph Francois Dupleix , the 18th century Governor of Pondichery and Governor-General of the French possessions in India. ^[1] The ship was decommissioned in 2014, and taken to Saint-Mandrier, to replace the ex- Rance at the diving school located there. ^[2]

Citations [ edit ]

^ ^a ^b "Dupleix (D 641)" (in French). Ministere des Arm?es . Retrieved 17 March 2021 .
^ Groizeleau, Vincent (10 July 2015). "Le point sur la deconstruction des vieilles coques de la marine" . meretmarine.com (in French). Archived from the original on 20 January 2021 . Retrieved 17 March 2021 . {{ cite web }}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link )

[FrenchNavy-1] "Dupleix (D 641)" (in French). Ministere des Arm?es . Retrieved 17 March 2021 .

[2] Groizeleau, Vincent (10 July 2015). "Le point sur la deconstruction des vieilles coques de la marine" . meretmarine.com (in French). Archived from the original on 20 January 2021 . Retrieved 17 March 2021 . {{ cite web }}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link )

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v t e Georges Leygues -class frigates
Georges Leygues Dupleix Montcalm Jean de Vienne Primauguet La Motte-Picquet Latouche-Treville
Preceded by: Tourville class Followed by: Cassard class
List of frigates of the French Navy