Sea Weapons

Guided Missile Frigate (1997)

La Fayette class

La Fayette class

Preceded by:

Floréal (1992)

Succeeded by:

Aquitaine (2012)
Amiral Ronarc'h (2024)

Datafile

ClassLa Fayette
TypeGuided Missile Frigate
Year1996
Crew156
Dimensions
Length115 m (pp)
125 m
Beam15.4 m
Draught4 m
Displacement
Empty3,280 t
Loaded3,700 t
Performance
Speed65 km/h
Range16,668 km @ 28 km/h
Machinery
Shafts2
Turbines4 x Diesel engine
hp
21100
Fuel-
Armament
Main
Anti-Aircraft
AA WeaponsMM40 Exocet (2 x 4)
Croatale EDIR (1 x 8)
Armor
ArmorNone
Sensors
RadarDRBV 15C
DRBN 34A
Castor 2J
Aircraft
Helicopters1
Production
Built5
Total14

Registry

Ship Code Builder Laid Launch Comm Decomm Fate
La Fayette F710 DCN15/12/199013/06/199222/03/1996-Active
Surcouf F711 DCN06/07/199203/07/199307/02/1997-Active
Courbet F712 DCN15/09/199312/03/199401/04/1997-Active
Aconit F713 DCN05/08/199608/06/199706/06/1999-Active
Guépratte F714 DCN01/10/199803/03/199927/10/2001-Active
Kang Ding / La Fayette:
Kang Ding FFG-1202 DCN01/08/199312/03/199424/05/1996-Active
Hsi Ning FFG-1203 DCN28/03/199405/11/199412/10/1996-Active
Kun Ming FFG-1205 DCN07/11/199413/05/199526/02/1997-Active
Di Hua FFG-1206 DCN01/07/199526/11/199508/08/1997-Active
Wu Chang FFG-1207 DCN01/07/199526/11/199516/12/1997-Active
Chen De FFG-1208 DCN27/12/199502/08/199619/03/1998-Active
Al Riyadh / La Fayette:
Al Riyadh 812 DCN29/09/199901/08/200026/07/2002-Active
Makkah 814 DCN25/08/200020/07/200103/04/2004-Active
Al Damman 816 DCN26/08/200107/09/200223/10/2004-Active
Formidable / La Fayette:
Formidable 68 DCNS14/11/200207/01/200405/05/2007-Active
Intrepid 69 ST Marine08/03/200303/07/200405/02/2008-Active
Steadfast 70 ST Marine15/11/200328/01/200505/02/2008-Active
Tenacious 71 ST Marine22/05/200415/07/200505/02/2008-Active
Stalwart 72 ST Marine12/11/200509/12/200516/01/2009-Active
Supreme 73 ST Marine17/05/200509/05/200616/01/2009-Active

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