D'Estienne d'Orves-class aviso
D'Estienne d'Orves-class aviso
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| Name: | D'Estienne d'Orves class or A69 type |
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| Subclasses: | Drummond class |
| Completed: | 17 |
| Active: | 13 |
| Laid up: | 2 |
| General characteristics D'Estienne d'Orves | |
| Type: | Aviso |
| Displacement: | 1,100 t tonnes (1,250 tonnes full load) |
| Length: | 80 m (260 ft) |
| Beam: | 10.3 m (34 ft) |
| Draught: | 5.3 m (17 ft) |
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| Speed: | 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph) |
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The D'Estienne d'Orves, also known as the A69 type avisos, is a class of avisos, comparable in size to a light corvette, mainly designed for coastal anti-submarine defence, but are also available for high sea escort missions (notably in support missions with the FOST). Built on a simple and robust design, they have an economical and reliable propulsion system which allows them to be used for overseas presence missions. The A69 design was based on the Portuguese Navy's João Coutinho-class corvettes.
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | D'Estienne d'Orves class or A69 type |
| Operators: |
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| Succeeded by: |
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| Subclasses: | Drummond class |
| Completed: | 17 |
| Active: | 13 |
| Laid up: | 2 |
| General characteristics D'Estienne d'Orves | |
| Type: | Aviso |
| Displacement: | 1,100 t tonnes (1,250 tonnes full load) |
| Length: | 80 m (260 ft) |
| Beam: | 10.3 m (34 ft) |
| Draught: | 5.3 m (17 ft) |
| Propulsion: |
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| Speed: | 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph) |
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| Complement: |
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Ships in the class
A total of 17 ships of this class were built, with the French ships being named after heroes of the Second World War. Eight of these ships have since been decommissioned and six of them were sold to the Turkish Navy where they were redesignated as Burak class or B-class corvettes.
The nine ships remaining in French service will have their heavy weapons removed and be reclassified as oceanic patrol ships. They will replace the P400-class patrol vessels in this role.
Decommissioned or transferred
F781 D'Estienne d'Orves (named after Henri Honoré d'Estienne d'Orves, decommissioned in 1999, now Turkish TCG Beykoz (F-503) )
F782 Amyot d'Inville (decommissioned in 1999, now Turkish TCG Bartin (F-504) )
F783 Drogou (decommissioned in 2000, now Turkish TCG Bodrum (F-501) )
F784 Détroyat (decommissioned in 1997; scrapped at Ghent, Belgium in 2015)
F785 Jean Moulin (named after Jean Moulin, decommissioned in 1999; scrapped at Ghent, Belgium in 2015)
F786 Quartier-Maître Anquetil (decommissioned in 2000, now Turkish TCG Bandirma (F-502) )
F787 Commandant de Pimodan (decommissioned in 2000, now Turkish TCG Bozcaada (F-500) )
F788 Second-Maître Le Bihan (decommissioned in 2002, now Turkish TCG Bafra (F-505) )
In service in the French Navy
F789 Lieutenant de vaisseau Le Hénaff
F790 Lieutenant de vaisseau Lavallée
F791 Commandant L'Herminier
F792 Premier-Maître L'Her
F793 Commandant Blaison
F794 Enseigne de vaisseau Jacoubet
F795 Commandant Ducuing (named after Gabriel Auguste Ferdinand Ducuing)
F796 Commandant Birot
F797 Commandant Bouan
In service in the Argentine Navy
ARA Granville
The Argentine Navy also operates three D'Estienne d'Orves-class ships, locally known as the Drummond class. The first two ships were originally ordered by the South African Navy, but due to UN sanctions against South Africa, they were not delivered and were bought by the Argentine Navy in 1978. The third ship of the class was ordered by Argentina and was delivered in 1981.
P-31 ARA Drummond (ex-South African Good Hope)
P-32 ARA Guerrico (ex-South African Transvaal)
P-33 ARA Granville