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 Georges Leygues class frigate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Georges Leygues class ("F70 type") is a type of anti-submarine frigates of the French Navy.
They are polyvalent, due to their Exocet and Crotale missile complement, which makes them especially suitable for defence of strategic positions, demonstrations or high sea escorts.
The F70 is internationally labelled an "anti-submarine destroyer" (hende the "D" in the hull numbers), though the French doesn't use the term and calls them "frigates".
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Georges_Leygues_class_frigate   (268 words)

  
 French Navy - the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Frigate division of the French Navy in Toulon harbour
It operates a full range of vessels, from patrol boatsto guided missile frigates, one aircraft carrier (at present) andstrategic missile submarines (SSBNs).
The French Navy does not use the term "destroyer"; thus, some large ships of thefirst rank (like Horizon) are designated "frigates", though they areregistered as destroyers (with hull numbers "Dxxx").
www.encyclopedia-of-knowledge.com /?t=French_Navy   (349 words)

  
 Sail Baltimore 2003 Visiting Ships
She is the first of a series of French frigates of the Georges Leygues type, also known as type F70.
She is one of two frigates that form together the Jacob van Heemskerck class of the royal Netherlands Navy.
She is a Santa Maria (Perry) class frigates displacing 3,982 tonsand is 453' long.
www.sailbaltimore.org /04ships.htm   (1672 words)

  
 Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net
Early frigates were armed with 9-pounder (4 kg) guns, development soon led to 12- and 18-pounder (5 and 8 kg) armed frigates, and at the turn of the century the biggest ones even carried 24 pounder (11 kg) main batteries.
The name frigate passed out of use in the mid-19th Century and was readopted after World War II by the British to describe an anti-submarine escort vessel larger than a corvette but smaller than a destroyer.
Many modern frigates have landing decks aft and can carry helicopters, which give them extra capabilities: the helicopters can be used for reconnaissance tasks (bearing radars), have anti-submarine capabilities (by dropping sonobuoys or wire-mounted sonars, and carrying torpedoes and depth-charges), are invaluable for rescue operations, and can also perform other support duties such as ferrying.
www.mauspfeil.net /frigate.html   (4232 words)

  
 Probert Encyclopaedia: Ships (Po-Pz)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
She carries a crew of 41 including five officers and is armed with one triple and two twin arrangements of IAI Gabriel I surface-to-surface missile launchers; one Bofors 57 mm/70 gun and one Bofors 40 mm/70 gun.
The Prairial is a French Floreal Class patrol frigate of 2600 tons displacement launched in 1991, and officially described as 'Fregates de Surveillance' and designed to operate in the offshore zone in low intensity operations.
The Primauguet is a French Georges Leygues Class destroyer of 3830 tons displacement and a crew of 218 launched in 1984.
www.probertencyclopaedia.com /RDC.HTM   (2447 words)

  
 Probert Encyclopaedia: Ships (L-Laq)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The frigate has a flight deck, approximately 430 square metres, at the stern with a single landing spot, designed for day and night use by 10 ton helicopters such as the AS 565 MA Panther, the SA 321G Super Frelon or NH 90.
The La Fayette class frigates are of high tensile steel construction with a double skin hull from the waterline to the upper deck level.
The La Motte-Picquet is a French Georges Leygues Class destroyer of 3830 tons displacement and a crew of 218 launched in 1985.
www.probertencyclopaedia.com /R91.HTM   (2069 words)

  
 FS La Motte-Picquet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The La Motte-Picquet is a F70 type anti-submarine frigates of the French Marine Nationale.
She is the fourth French vessel named after the XVIIIth Century admiral count Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte.
Note: The French navy doesn't use the term "destroyer" for its ships; thusly, some large ships, referred to as "frigates", are registered as destroyers.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/FS_La_Motte-Picquet   (233 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: French Navy
Navy officers on the bridges of the Motte-Picquet frigate French Navy summer uniforms Frigate division of the French Navy in Toulon harbour The French Navy (Marine Nationale) is the second-largest Western European navy (the largest being the Royal Navy).
The Horizon Common New Generation Frigate (CNGF) is a multi-nationial collaboration to produce a new generation of anti-air warfare frigates.
The FREMM Multipurpose Frigate is a stealth ship designed by the DCN to operate in anti-air, anti-submarine and anti-ship warfare, and be capable of carrying out deep strikes against land targets.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/French-Navy   (1775 words)

  
 Georges Leygues
French Georges Leygues Class destroyer of 3830 tons displacement and a crew of 218 launched in 1978.
Designated Fregates (Frigates) or Escourteurs d'Escadre, these vessels were originally known as the C-70 Fregates anti-sousmarines when laid down in the mid-1970s.
With two Lynx helicopters able to carry AS12 anti-ship missiles or a powerful anti-submarine fit and a comprehensive weapon fit themselves, the 'Georges Leygues' class are versatile warships.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/europe/leygues.htm   (194 words)

  
 Probert Encyclopaedia: Ships (Mo-Mz)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The USS Moinester is an American Knox Class frigate of 3011 tons standard displacement launched in 1973.
The Montcalm is a French Georges Leygues Class destroyer of 3830 tons displacement and a crew of 218 launched in 1980.
HMS Morpeth Castle was a British Castle Class frigate of 1100 tons displacement launched in 1943.
www.probertencyclopaedia.com /RAC.HTM   (1333 words)

  
 Probert Encyclopaedia: Ships (J)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
She is powered by a single General Electric LM2500 gas turbine of 27000 hp and two MTU 16V956 TB91 diesels of 7800 hp giving a top speed of 27 knots and a range of 4000 miles at 15 knots.
The Jean de Vienne is a French Georges Leygues Class destroyer of 3830 tons displacement and a crew of 218 launched in 1981.
She carries a crew of 105, including nine officers and is armed with one 3 inch calibre anti-surface gun and four Bofors 40 mm/56 anti-aircraft guns arranged as two twins and also two Oerlikon 20 mm guns.
www.probertencyclopaedia.com /R8A.HTM   (3324 words)

  
 French Navy visits Cape Town   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The ships are the helicopter carrier Jeanne D’Arc (R97) and the frigate Georges Leygues (D640).
Her accompanying frigate, Georges Leygues displaces 4,350 tonnes and entered service in 1979.
Georges Leygues is homeported at Toulon and the helicopter carrier at Brest.
www.ports.co.za /navalnews/article_2004_01_10_4055.html   (280 words)

  
 French Navy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The French Navy (Marine Nationale) is the naval arm of the French military and is the second-largest Western European navy (the largest being the United Kingdom's Royal Navy).
It operates a full range of vessels, from patrol boats to guided missile frigates, one nuclear aircraft carrier and four strategic missile submarines (SNLEs).
The French Navy is undertaking a significant reinforcement, both in modernising and in number, under the Projet de loi de programmation militaire 2003-2008 ("Military programme law project 2003-2008")[1], which notably calls for
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/French_navy   (412 words)

  
 French 100 mm naval gun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
modèle 100 TR (used on the La Fayette class frigates), mechanically similar to the 68, but with a stealth armour.
Also, the future Horizon CNGF frigates should be equiped with the 76 mm Oto-Breda gun.
It is not yet known whether this is a general tendency to abandon the 100 mm gun, or only a temporary trend.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/French_100mm_naval_gun   (664 words)

  
 EU Referendum
President George W. Bush announced that the ”core group” of the relief mission consisted of the United States, India, Japan and Australia - Europe was not on the list.
Meanwhile individual countries, led by the United States and Australia are sending in frigates, helicopters, trucks and other forms of transport, laden with the required goods and accompanied as likely as not by engineers and constructors.
The return of the two French journalists, Georges Malbrunot and Christian Chesnot, at the end of last year was supposed to be a great triumph for French diplomacy.
eureferendum.blogspot.com /2005_01_02_eureferendum_archive.html   (17029 words)

  
 World's Military Forces - About Me
The Horizon frigate will also have anti-surface and anti-submarine capabilities to conduct an extensive range of missions: air defence as part of an aircraft carrier group, support of lightly armed or unarmed vessels or operations as a single unit.
The French Navy Cassard Class anti-aircraft frigates are assigned to the Force d'Action Navale with headquarters at the Mediterranean Command base at Toulon.
French Floreal Class patrol frigate of 2600 tons displacement, launched in 1991, and officially described as 'Fregates de Surveillance' and designed to operate in the offshore zone in low intensity operations.
airforce.bravehost.com /French%20Armed%20Forces.html   (4268 words)

  
 Sail Baltimore
She is the fourth in a series of Frech frigates of the Georges Leygues type, also known as type F70.
The Type 23 Duke Class frigate was originally designed for anti-submarine warfare, but the addition of Matra BAe Dynamics Vertical-Launched Seawolf point missile defence system and the Boeing Harpoon surface-to-surface missile has expanded its role to include anti-surface warfare.
The VDQ has the distinguished honour of being the first Canadian Patrol Frigate designated as a francophone unit and to have a mixed-gender crew.
www.sailbaltimore.org /99ships.htm   (1187 words)

  
 Project 052 (Luhu) Class Frigates - Archived 8/1997
This is substantially the sensor fit of a French Navy Georges Leygues class frigate.
The Project 052 class frigates have a 3­D phased-array radar mounted on the rear mast and a Jupiter radar tasked with air and surface search mounted on a stub mast on the hangar roof.
Another possibility is that the Project 052 design is a derivative of an abortive large anti-ship missile-armed frigate designed during the 1970s as a follow-on to the Luda class.
www.forecast1.com /archive/ws/ws11579.htm   (2071 words)

  
 EMIRATES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Vendemiaire, a marine survey frigate, is in Dubai for the first time.
The frigates carry a total of three helicopters, two Alouette and one Linx.
The Georges Leygues is an anti-submarine frigate which spent three days in Dubai in March.
www.gulf-news.com /gn/emirates/310597.htm   (349 words)

  
 European Defence - European security news round-up   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
On 3 January, the Royal Navy frigate HMS Chatham arrived in the Indian Ocean, followed by the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) repair vessel, RFA Diligence.
An offer of 120 troops from the 2nd Battalion, Royal Gurkha Rifles was rejected by the Indonesian government, although two Lynx helicopters from HMS Chatham are soon expected to contribute.
France has sent the helicopter carrier Jean d'Arc and the frigate Georges Leygues to the region.
www.european-defence.co.uk /news0105.html   (1562 words)

  
 Guardian | Record aid operation, but progress slow
The UN secretary general, Kofi Annan, is expected to arrive in Indonesia on Thursday to coordinate efforts at an international donors' conference which the US secretary of state, Colin Powell, and the Japanese and Australian prime ministers will also attend.
Although bickering over the leadership of relief operations has subsided a little, with UN officials now praising the Americans for their help, Mr Annan disclosed yesterday that he had not spoken to President George Bush since the disaster.
The "very concrete assistance" that was needed included helicopter carriers for use off the coasts to prevent clogging of inland airstrips, and air traffic control units to make small, damaged airstrips usable in the relief effort.
www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,5094974-115399,00.html   (636 words)

  
 EU Referendum
And just by way of contrast, the French government has just announced that it is despatching two navy ships to Indonesia, to arrive on 10 January.
These comprise the Jeanne d’Arc, a ship carrying six helicopters and two units of engineers, and the Georges Leygues, a frigate.
The betting is that the tardy arrival of these French ships will be given full coverage by the Europhile media but, whether they are or not, the coverage of the US effort has been disgraceful.
eureferendum.blogspot.com /2005/01/hidden-agenda.html   (1274 words)

  
 Luanda welcomes the navy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Earlier in the month the Royal Navy HMS Glasgow (D88), a Type 42 destroyer was accompanied by the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Gold Rover (A271) on a visit to the Angolan capital between 11 and 13 December.
RFA Gold Rover has been operating in African waters for several months, having recently visited Ghana with the Duke Class (Type 23) frigate HMS Lancaster on a goodwill visit to Takoradi in September.
The second visit to Luanda which began yesterday (29 December) and will be of about ten days duration consists of the French Navy helicopter carrier FNS Jeanne D’Arc (R97) accompanied by the frigate FNS Georges Leygues (D640).
www.ports.co.za /navalnews/article_2003_12_30_2538.html   (133 words)

  
 Rolls-Royce: Media Room
Four Type 22 frigates (two Tyne and two Spey each, the Spey being covered by a separate agreement).
One Royal Netherlands L-class frigate (two Olympus and two Tyne).
In December, Rolls-Royce signed a 20-year contract with the Chilean Navy to provide repair services and technical support for five of its ships, powered by Olympus, Tyne and Spey gas turbines.
www.rolls-royce.com /media/showPR.jsp?PR_ID=40192   (656 words)

  
 DefenseNews.com - France To Send Helicopters for Tsunami Relief - 01/06/05 12:39
France on Jan. 6 announced the dispatch of five helicopters and a navy frigate to supplement the military resources already committed to the relief effort after the tsunami in south Asia.
The frigate Dupleix, which carries a further helicopter, will operate off the Maldives and Sri Lanka, he said.
France has already sent two ships — the helicopter-carrier Jeanne d’Arc and the frigate Georges Leygues — to help with the aid effort.
www.defensenews.com /story.php?F=586110&C=europe   (145 words)

  
 Daily Excelsior... Editorial
Hence the Bangladesh Navy's Leopard class frigate, Ali Haider, with its complement of 235 sailors, comes to India, which probably will be its last overseas training mission before it is paid off with the arrival of new frigate in the middle of 2001.
France is the only Western navy to bring Rubis Amethyste class nuclear powered submarine (Pele) accompanied by Georges Leygues class guided missile destroyer (Dupleix), which is frequently used for training cruises.
Though some of its frontline ships are known to have fallen in bad days, the Udaloy class ships are reported to be in good sea keeping state and endurance of 7700 miles at 18 knots.
www.dailyexcelsior.com /01feb12/edit.htm   (5277 words)

  
 Naval Actions and losses
U-757 depth charged by frigate HMS Bayntum and corvette HMCS Camrose south west of Ireland.
U-247 depth charged by frigates HMCS ST John and HMCS Swansea south of Lands end.
Captain class frigate Affleck torpedoed but not sunk.
www.wolftree.freeserve.co.uk /Naval/Naval_Actions_WW244Res.html   (1997 words)

  
 Daily Press Briefing (January 5, 2005)
We are working with a civil defense team to provide facilities on the ground (field hospital in Meulaboh as of January 6) or at sea.
The helicopter carrier Jeanne d’Arc and the frigate Georges Leygues, which France has sent to Asia, will arrive in Indonesia mid-January with 18 doctors, an operating unit, 16 beds, five tons of medicines, 80,000 liters of water and 8,000 food rations.
France will focus its relief efforts on Meulaboh and the surrounding areas, concentrating on the health sphere in accordance with Indonesia’s wishes and the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
www.info-france-usa.org /news/briefing/us050105.asp   (932 words)

  
 DefenseNews.com - France Sends Two Navy Ships to Indonesia - 01/03/05 16:14
France said Jan. 3 that two navy ships it was sending to Indonesia would arrive Jan. 10 in the disaster-hit country with helicopters, military engineers and food and water.
The Jeanne d’Arc, a ship carrying six helicopters and two units of engineers, and the Georges Leygues, a frigate, were to leave Djibouti on Jan. 4, the defense ministry said.
The Jeanne d’Arc was transporting 6,000 food rations, 800 tons of water and water treatment equipment, five tons of medicine and field medical posts, it said.
www.defensenews.com /story.php?F=581318&C=navwar   (155 words)

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