Montcalm - D642

Name:	Montcalm
Namesake:	Louis de Montcalm de Saint Véran
Builder:	Brest arsenal
Laid down:	5 December 1975
Launched:	31 May 1980
Commissioned:	28 May 1982
Status:	in active service
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 (35 mph; 56 km/h) on gas turbines 21 knots (24 mph; 39 km/h) on diesels
Range:	1,000 nmi (1,900 km) at 30 kn (35 mph; 56 km/h) on gas turbines 10,000 nmi (19,000 km) at 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h) 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 × Siadral systems - 2 × 6 Mistral missiles 1 × CADAM 100 mm main gun 2 × 20 mm guns 4 × 12.7 mm machine guns Anti-surface: 4 × Exocet MM40 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 (to be replaced by MU90 torpedoes)