Le Fougueux 1960
L'Alerte 1960
Le Fougueux 1970
L'Alerte 1970
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| Le Fougueux group | |||||||
| Le Fougueux | P641 | A C Dubigeon, Nantes | 31.5.1954 | 6.1955 | stricken 6.1975 | ||
| L'Opiniâtre | P642 | F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne | 3.11.1955 | 12.1955 | stricken 10.1975 | ||
| L'Agile | P643 | A C Provence, Port-de-Bouc | 26.6.1954 | 9.1955 | stricken 2.1976 | ||
| L'Adroit group | |||||||
| L'Intrépide | P630 | CMN, Cherbourg | 12.12.1958 | 7.1959 | stricken 2.1979 | ||
| L'Ardent | P635 | A C Augustin-Normand, Le Havre | 17.7.1958 | 3.1959 | stricken 1.1980 | ||
| L'Etourdi | P637 | F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne | 5.2.1958 | 3.1959 | stricken 2.1978 | ||
| L'Effronté | P638 | A C Augustin-Normand, Le Havre | 27.1.1959 | 9.1959 | stricken 4.1978 | ||
| Le Frondeur | P639 | DCAN, Lorient | 7.10.1957 | 9.1959 | stricken 11.1977 | ||
| Le Fringant | P640 | F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne | 6.2.1958 | 6.1959 | stricken 6.1983 | ||
| L'Adroit | P644 | DCAN, Lorient | 5.10.1957 | 6.1958 | stricken 5.1980 | ||
| L'Alerte | P645 | DCAN, Lorient | 5.10.1957 | 6.1958 | stricken 5.1980 | ||
| L'Attentif | P646 | DCAN, Lorient | 5.10.1957 | 7.1958 | stricken 2.1978 | ||
| L'Enjoué | P647 | DCAN, Lorient | 5.10.1957 | 8.1958 | stricken 6.1978 | ||
| Le Hardi | P648 | CMN, Cherbourg | 17.9.1958 | 5.1959 | stricken 2.1979 | ||
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Displacement standard, t |
325 |
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Displacement full, t |
400 |
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Length, m |
53.1 |
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Breadth, m |
7.30 |
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Draught, m |
3.10 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
4 SEMT-Pielstick diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
3240 |
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Max speed, kts |
19 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 3000(12) |
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Armament |
Le Fougueux group: 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 4 DCT, 2 DCR P630: 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 1 x 1 - 550 TT (aft), 1 x 1 - 120 ASW mortar, 2 DCT, 2 DCR others of L'Adroit group: 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 1 x 1 - 120 ASW mortar, 2 DCT, 2 DCR |
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Electronic equipment |
Le Fougueux group: Decca radar, DUBA-2 sonar L'Adroit group: Decca radar, QCU-2 sonar |
| Complement | 62 |
Project history: The first three ships were funded under MDAP. The other eleven vessels were purchased by France: five were authorized in 1955 and six in 1956.
After the first three ships changes were made in the shape of the bridge structure and in the armament.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
Le Fringant 1978
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