French frigate Guépratte
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Name | Guépratte |
Namesake | Admiral Émile Paul Amable Guépratte |
Laid down | 1 October 1998 |
Launched | 3 March 1999 |
Commissioned | 27 October 2001 |
Homeport | Toulon |
Status | in active service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | La Fayette-class frigate |
Displacement | 3200 tonnes, 3600 tonnes fully loaded |
Length | 125 m (410 ft) |
Beam | 15.4 m (51 ft) |
Draught | 4.8 m (16 ft) |
Propulsion | 4 diesel SEMT Pielstick 12PA6V280 STC2, 21000 hp (15 400 kW) |
Speed | 25 knots (46 km/h) |
Range | 7,000 nautical miles (13,000 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h), 9000 at 12 knots (22 km/h) |
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Armour | On sensitive areas (munition magazine and control centre) |
Aircraft carried | 1 × helicopter (Panther or NH90) |
Guépratte is a general purpose La Fayette-class frigate of the French Marine Nationale. She is the second French vessel named after the 19–20th century admiral Émile Paul Amable Guépratte. The ship was commissioned in 2001 and is currently in service. She is scheduled to remain in service until 2031.[1]
Service history
She is the only frigate of the La Fayette class whose complement includes women, with 25 female crewmen on board. In January 2016, the first female commander of a frigate in the Marine Nationale was appointed to command Guépratte.[2]
In 2016, Guépratte deployed as part of the Jeanne d'Arc battle group which included the amphibious assault ship Tonnerre.[3]
In early 2022, Guépratte was deployed in the Indian Ocean but was expected to return to France in May after being relieved by her sister ship Surcouf.[4]
Unlike other frigates of her class, it is not planned that she will incorporate a hull-mounted sonar system as part of her future sensor fit and therefore her potential anti-submarine capability is limited to that which might be provided by her shipborne helicopter.[5] Guépratte is scheduled to undergo a modest structural and technical upgrade (with the elderly Crotale SAM to be removed from the vessel) and, given somewhat reduced general purpose capability, be re-assigned to offshore patrol duties prior to her planned withdrawal from service in 2031.[6]
References
- ^ "Marine nationale : les programmes qui vont façonner la future flotte française". Mer et Marine (in French). 1 February 2021.
- ^ "French Navy Appointed the First Female Officer to Command a Frigate". navy-recognition.com. 29 January 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
- ^ "Les VHM de l'armée de Terre déployés pour la première fois sur BPC". meretmarine (in French). 9 March 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
- ^ "La frégate Surcouf part pour un déploiement de longue durée dans le GAP". Mer et Marine (in French). 21 April 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
- ^ "Euronaval: Naval Group Starts Upgrade Work on la Fayette-class frigates". 23 October 2020.
- ^ Groizealeau, Vincent (21 October 2021). "Rénovation des La Fayette : la première frégate livrée, la seconde en chantier". Mer et Marine (in French). Retrieved 26 November 2021.
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