French frigate Tourville (D 610)

Tourville is the lead ship of F67 type large high-sea frigates of the French Marine Nationale. The vessel is specialised in anti-submarine warfare, though it also has anti-air and anti-surface capabilities. She is named after the 17th century admiral Count Anne-Hilarion de Cotentin de Tourville.

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Tourville.
Tourville in July 2008
History
France
Name: Tourville
Namesake: Anne Hilarion de Tourville
Laid down: 16 March 1970
Launched: 13 May 1973
Commissioned: 14 June 1975
Decommissioned: 11 June 2011
Homeport: Brest
Identification: D 610
Fate: Decommissioned
General characteristics
Class and type: Tourville-class frigate
Displacement: 4,580 tonnes (6,100 tonnes fully loaded)
Length: 152.75 m (501 ft 2 in)
Beam: 15.80 m (51 ft 10 in)
Draught: 6.60 m (21 ft 8 in)
Installed power:
  • 4 multitubular boilers
  • 58,000 hp (43,000 kW)
Propulsion:
  • 2 Rateau steam turbines, double reduction
  • Gazoil
  • 2 fixed propellers
Speed: 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Range:
  • 1,900 nmi (3,500 km; 2,200 mi) at 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
  • 4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement:
  • 24 officers
  • 160 non-commissioned officers
  • 115 men
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • Detection
  • 1 DRBV 51B surface sentry radar
  • 1 DRBV 26A air sentry radar
  • 1 DRBC 32D targeting radar
  • 2 DRBN 34 navigation radars
  • 1 DUBV 23 hull sonar
  • 1 ETBF DSBV 62C sonar
  • 1 DSBX 1 tugged sonar
  • 1 Syva torpedo alert system
  • Tactical information
  • SENIT 3
  • SEAO/OPSMER
  • Transmissions
  • HF, UHF, VHF and SHF liaison systems
  • Syracuse 2
  • Inmarsat
  • Link 11
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
  • 1 ARBB 32 jammer
  • 1 ARBR 16 radar interceptor
  • 2 Syllex decoy launchers
  • bubble belt
Armament:
  • Anti-ship;
  • 6 × Exocet MM38 anti-ship missiles
  • Anti-submarine;
  • 2 × L5 torpedo launchers, 10 torpedoes on board (L5 mod 4)
  • Guns;
  • 2 × 100 mm turrets (1968 model)
  • 2 × 20 mm cannons
  • 4 × 12.7 mm machine guns
  • CIWS;
  • 1 × Crotale EDIR CIWS anti-air missiles (8 missiles on launcher, 16 in magazine)
Aircraft carried: 2 × Lynx WG13 anti-ship helicopter

Between 1994 and 1996, Tourville (and sister ship De Grasse) was refitted with the modern SLAMS anti-submarine system, an active Very Low Frequencies sonar.

Career

Varuna 10

Tourville was part of the French naval task group led by the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle that departed Toulon on 30 October 2010 for a four-month deployment to the Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, Indian Ocean. and Persian Gulf.[1][2] The task group commander, Rear Admiral Jean-Louis Kerignard, defined force's mission as follows:

The force would help allied navies fight piracy off the coast of Somalia and send jets to support NATO in the skies above Afghanistan."[3]

Once on station, the Charles de Gaulle carrier task group joined two U.S. Navy carrier strike groups led by the Nimitz-class aircraft carriers USS Abraham Lincoln and USS Harry S. Truman operating in the Persian Gulf.[3] Subsequently, between 7–14 January 2011, the French carrier task group led by Charles de Gaulle participated with bilateral naval exercise, code named Varuna 10, with the Indian Navy. Indian naval units participating in Varuna 10 included the aircraft carrier Viraat, the frigates Godavari and Ganga; and the diesel-electric submarine Shalki. Varuna 10 was a two-phase naval exercise, with the harbour phase taking place between 7–11 January and the sea phase between 11–14 January in the Arabian Sea.[2]

Decommissioning
The former Tourville, decommissioned and planned for scrapping, moored to a pier of the Penfeld

Tourville was decommissioned on 9 September 2011[4] and is now moored in the Penfeld (Brest Arsenal).

  • Close-up of the bridge of Tourville. The rescue crafts are clearly visible, as well as the Exocet launchers and the firing control systems
  • Close-up of the bow deck of Tourville; the 100 mm turret is clearly visible
  • Close-up of the bow deck of Tourville; the 100 mm turret is clearly visible
  • The frigate Tourville
  • The frigate Tourville

References
  1. "Fifth Deployment for French Charles de Gaulle Aircraft Carrier". defpros.news. Defense Professional. November 3, 2010. Archived from the original on November 6, 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-12.
  2. Vivek Ragahuvanshi (January 6, 2011). "Indo-French Naval Exercises Set To Start". DefenseNews. Retrieved 2011-01-10.
  3. "French warship to join US fleet in PG". France. PressTV. October 28, 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-11-01. Retrieved 2010-11-12.
  4. "Frégate Tourville". Netmarine.net. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
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