| 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) |
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