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ARAGO patrol vessel (1991 / 2002)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Arago P675 (ex-A795)   DCN, Lorient 26.6.1989 6.9.1990 9.7.1991 // 10.2002 in service (2019)
  

Displacement standard, t

970

Displacement full, t

1100

Length, m

53.0 pp 59.0 oa

Breadth, m

10.9

Draught, m

3.63

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 SACM-Wärtsilä UD30-V12-M6 diesels

Power, h. p.

2500

Max speed, kts

15

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

6000(12)

Armament

2 x 1 - 12.7/90

Electronic equipment

DRBN-32 radar, CSFTSM 5425 multifunction wreck identification/echo sounder

Complement

30

Project history: Ordered in January 1986 as hydrographic survey ship of La Pérouse class and commissioned in July 1991. Since 2002 she is employed as a public-service patrol ship in home waters.

Modernizations: early 2000s: - DRBN-32 radar; + DRBN-38A, Furuno radars

Naval service: No significant events.

Arago 2003

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