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 Commandant Blaison
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| History | |
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 France | |
| Name | Commandant Blaison |
| Namesake | Georges Louis Nicolas Blaison |
| Builder | Arsenal de Lorient, Lorient |
| Laid down | 15 November 1979 |
| Launched | 7 March 1981 |
| Commissioned | 28 April 1982 |
| Decommissioned | Expected, 2027 |
| Identification |
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| Status | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Template:Sclass- |
| Displacement | |
| Length | |
| Beam | 10.3 m (33 ft 10 in) |
| Draught | 5.3 m (17 ft 5 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 23.5 knots (43.5 km/h; 27.0 mph) |
| Range | 4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 90 |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys |
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| Armament |
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Commandant Blaison (F793) is a Template:Sclass- in the French Navy.
Design
Armed by a crew of 90 sailors, these vessels have the reputation of being among the most difficult in bad weather. Their high windage makes them particularly sensitive to pitch and roll as soon as the sea is formed.
Their armament, consequent for a vessel of this tonnage, allows them to manage a large spectrum of missions. During the Cold War, they were primarily used to patrol the continental shelf of the Atlantic Ocean in search of Soviet Navy submarines. Due to the poor performance of the hull sonar, as soon as an echo appeared, the reinforcement of an ASM frigate was necessary to chase it using its towed variable depth sonar.[2]
Their role as patrollers now consists mainly of patrols and assistance missions, as well as participation in UN missions (blockades, flag checks) or similar marine policing tasks (fight against drugs, extraction of nationals, fisheries control, etc.). The mer-mer 38 or mer-mer 40 missiles have been landed, but they carry several machine guns and machine guns, more suited to their new missions.
Its construction cost was estimated at 270,000,000 French francs.[3]
Construction and career
Commandant Blaison was laid down on 15 November 1979 at Arsenal de Lorient, Lorient. Launched on 7 March 1981 and commissioned on 28 April 1982.
Citations
- ^ a b c "Patrouilleurs: Les avisos français sur tous les fronts" [Patrol ships: French Avisos on all fronts.]. asafrance.fr (in French). 26 January 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ "Euronaval: First details of the Patrouilleurs Océanique (PO) platform unveiled". Naval News. 23 October 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
- ^ Quid 1996. p. 2036. ISBN 2-221-08055-6.
