F70 AA class Guided-Missile Destroyer

The Cassard class is the air defense variant of the F70 type "frigate" and is powered with diesel engines only. Only two of the four planned ships were built before production changed to the La Fayette class. The third ship was to be named Courbet

Specifications

225

crew

4500

full load (tn)

139

length (m)

beam (m)

draught (m)

8000

range (nm)

max speed (knots)

42000

power (shp)

Naval Engine diesel - SEMT Pielstick

Missile Launcher Mk 11 Tartar

Missile Launcher Sadral six cell launcher

Naval Gun Creusot-Loire 100 mm

Naval Gun single 20 mm

Chaff and decoys Dagaie Mark.2 (AMBL-1B)

Aircraft

		Typical	Max
French Navy	EC AS365 Dauphin 2	1	1

Shipyards

DCNS - Lorient -

List of Ships

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1988	2019	French Navy	D614	Cassard	FACD
1991	2021	French Navy	D615	Jean Bart	FAJB

2 units

Events

1982-sep-03	Laid down	Laid down D614 Cassard
1985-feb-06	Launched	Launched D614 Cassard
1986-mar-12	Laid down	Laid down D615 Jean Bart
1988-mar-19	Launched	Launched D615 Jean Bart
1988-jul-29	Commissioned	Commissioned D614 Cassard
1991-sep-01	Commissioned	Commissioned D615 Jean Bart
1999-jan	Deployment	Deployment D614 Cassard departed Toulon for the southern Adriatic, in company with HMS Somerset, to join the Task Force for the Agapanthe 99 deployment off Kosovo.
2005-jun-24	Deployment	Deployment D615 Jean Bart Fleet Review: Trafalgar 200 Present at Trafalgar 200 Fleet Review, off Lee anchorage
2005-jul-01	Port Visit	Port Visit D615 Jean Bart Present at International Festival of the Sea 2005, Portsmouth
2010-apr-09	Port Visit	Port Visit D614 Cassard from 9 to 12 April Cuxhaven Germany
2011-jun-19	Homeport	Homeport D614 Cassard Toulon
2014-oct-22	Deployment	Deployment D615 Jean Bart departed Toulon for 6 month deployment support the USS Carl Vinson in Task Force 50.
2016-apr	Deployment	Deployment D615 Jean Bart Opération Chammal Deployed against ISIS
2016-sep	Deployment	Deployment D614 Cassard Opération Chammal Part of French Carrier Group against ISIS
2019	Decommissioned	Decommissioned D614 Cassard
2019-oct-10	Deployment	Deployment D615 Jean Bart Combined Task Force 150 While operating in Arabian Sea as part of CTF150, identified and detained a suspicious vessel. In a subsequent search in cooperation with HMS Montrose , a significant quantity of narcotics were seized.
2020-may	Deployment	Deployment D615 Jean Bart EUNAVFOR MED IRINI
2020-oct-16	Deployment	Deployment D615 Jean Bart departed Toulon NB and embarked a Panther of 36F, for the European maritime security operation around the Strait of Hormuz. Relieved Languedoc and returned 5 Mar 2021.
2021-mar	Decommissioned	Decommissioned D615 Jean Bart

1988

F70 AA class

Specifications

Aircraft

Shipyards

List of Ships

Events