FS Alsace - D656

 

Name	Alsace
Namesake	Alsace
Ordered	2008
Builder	DCNS, Lorient
Laid down	June 2016
Launched	18 April 2019
Commissioned	16 April 2021
Homeport	Toulon
Identification	Pennant number: D656
Status	In active service
General characteristics
Class and type	Aquitaine-class frigate
Displacement	6,000+ tons
Length	142 m (465 ft 11 in)
Beam	20 m (65 ft 7 in)
Draught	7.6 m (24 ft 11 in)
Propulsion	MTU Series 4000 (2,2 MW everyone) CODLOG
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph); max cruise speed 15.6 knots (28.9 km/h; 18.0 mph)
Range	6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	145+
Sensors and processing systems	Héraklès multi-purpose passive electronically scanned array range + 300 km (air) 80 km (surface) Thales STIR EO MK 2 fire control radar[1] CAPTAS-4 towed-array sonar UMS 4110 CL hull-mounted sonar
Armament	1 x 76 mm Super Rapid gun 3 x 20 mm Narwhal remote weapon systems 32-cell SYLVER A50 VLS for Aster 15 and Aster 30 air defense missiles 8 x MM40 Exocet Block 3/3c anti-ship missiles 2 x B-515 twin launchers for MU90 torpedoes
Aircraft carried	1 × NH90 helicopter
Aviation facilities