Carquois-class

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Carquois X550 Carquois 2015.png
The X550 Carquois as it was commissioned in 2017
Class overview
Operators:
Cost: 450,000,000
Built: 2015-present
In commission: 2017–present
Planned: 12 (Sieuxerr)
Building: 1
Completed: 8
Active: 8
General characteristics
Type: Frigate
Displacement: 2,500 tonnes
Length:
  • 102 m (335 ft) LOA
  • 95 m (312 ft) LPP
Beam: 15 m (49 ft)
Draft: 4.2 m (14 ft)
Propulsion: 50,000 kW
Speed: 28 knots
Range: 3,700 nm @ 15 knots
Complement: 65
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • Optronics:
  • 1 × Sagem Vampir MB infra-red search and track system
  • Radars:
  • 1 × Kronos 3D NV search radar
  • 1 × RTN-25X fire control radar
  • 2 × Navigation and helicopter radars
  • Sonars:
  • 1 × BlueHunter sonar
  • 1 × CAPTAS 20(V)2 towed sonar
  • Communications:
  • Satellite links: Inmarsat, SYRACUSE
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
  • Jammers:
  • 2 × ARBB-33 jammers
  • 2 × BSM jammers
  • Noisemakers:
  • 1 × BAR-25A noisemaker
  • Decoy Launchers
  • 2 × SCLAR launchers
Armament:
Aircraft carried: 1 × AS.332