French frigate Jean Bart
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Jean Bart was a Cassard-class anti-air frigate of the French Marine Nationale. She was the eighth[1] vessel of the French Navy named after the privateer Jean Bart. She was commissioned on 3 March 1991.[2]
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Name | Jean Bart |
Namesake | Jean Bart |
Builder | DCNS S.A. |
Laid down | 12 February 1986 |
Launched | 19 March 1988 |
Commissioned | 21 September 1991 |
Decommissioned | 31 August 2021 |
Identification | D 615 |
Status | Decommissioned |
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Class and type | Cassard-class frigate |
Displacement | 4,500 t (4,400 long tons) |
Length | 139 m (456 ft 0 in) |
Beam | 14 m (45 ft 11 in) |
Draught | 6 m (19 ft 8 in) |
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Speed | 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) |
Range | 8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
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Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys |
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Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × Panther anti-submarine helicopter |
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Jean Bart was fitted with a number of types of prototype equipment which were later incorporated in the La Fayette-class frigates. The vessel was withdrawn from service in August 2021.[3]