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_underway_in_the_Indian_Ocean,_circa_in_early_1987.jpg) Victor Schœlcher underway in 1987
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 France | |
| Name | Victor Schoelcher |
| Namesake | Victor Schœlcher |
| Builder | Arsenal de Lorient, Lorient |
| Laid down | October 1957 |
| Launched | 11 October 1958 |
| Commissioned | 4 December 1962 |
| Decommissioned | 1988 |
| Identification | Pennant number: F 725 |
| Fate | Sold to Uruguay Navy in 1988 |
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 Uruguay | |
| Name | General Artigas |
| Namesake | José Gervasio Artigas |
| Acquired | 19 December 1988 |
| Commissioned | 19 December 1988 |
| Decommissioned | 27 April 2005 |
| Identification | Pennant number: ROU 02 |
| Fate | Scrapped on 27 April 2005 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Template:Sclass- |
| Displacement | 1,750 tons standard, 2,230 tons full load |
| Length | |
| Beam | 11.5 m (37 ft 9 in) |
| Draught | 4.3 m (14 ft 1 in) |
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| Speed | 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) |
| Range | 7,500 nmi (13,900 km; 8,600 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 2 × LCP landing craft |
| Complement | 166 |
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Victor Schœlcher (F 725) was a Commandant Rivière-class frigate of French Navy. She was later transferred to National Navy of Uruguay in 1988 and scrapped in 2005.
Development and design
The main gun armament of the Commandant Rivière class consisted of three of the new French 100 mm (4 in) guns, with a single turret located forward and two turrets aft.[1][2] These water-cooled automatic dual-purpose guns could fire a 13.5 kg (30 lb) shell at an effective range of 12,000 m (39,000 ft) against surface targets and 6,000 m (20,000 ft) against aircraft at a rate of 60 rounds per minute.[3] A quadruple 305 mm anti-submarine mortar was fitted in 'B' position, aft of the forward gun and in front of the ship's superstructure,[1] capable of firing a 230 kg (510 lb) depth charge to 3,000 m (9,800 ft) or in the shore bombardment role, a 100 kg (220 lb) projectile to 6,000 m (20,000 ft).[4] Two triple torpedo tubes were fitted for anti-submarine torpedoes, while the ship's armament was completed by two 30 mm Hotchkiss HS-30 cannon.[1] The ships had accommodation for an 80-man commando detachment with two fast landing boats, each capable of landing 25 men.[5]
Construction and career
She was laid down in October 1957 and launched on 11 October 1958 at Arsenal de Lorient in Lorient. Commissioned on 4 December 1962.
Victor Schœlcher operated among other places with the Indian Navy and collaborated in the evacuation of the Diego Suarez base in the independence of Madagascar.
She helped in Cyclone Andry in 1983 by rescuing refugees in the Pacific.
Sold to Uruguay in 1988 with a new name General Artigas and in service until 27 April 2005.[6]
References
- ^ a b c Gardiner and Chumbley 1995, p. 117.
- ^ Blackman 1962, p. 88.
- ^ Grove 1990, p. 55.
- ^ Gardiner and Chumbley 1995, p. 118.
- ^ www.histarmar.com.ar http://www.histarmar.com.ar/ArmadasExtranjeras/Peru/Uruguay/AROU-Buques/02-GralArtigas1990.htm. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
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