Le Corse-class frigate

F762 Le Brestois and battleship Jean Bart
Class overview
Name: Le Corse class
Builders: F C de la Méditerranèe, A C de la Loire, Arsenal de Lorient
Operators:  French Navy
Succeeded by: Le Normand class
Built: 1952-1953
In commission: 1955-1976
Completed: 4
Retired: 4
General characteristics
Type: Frigate
Displacement: 1508 ton standard, 1702 ton full load[1][2]
Length: 99.8 m (327 ft) overall[1][2]
Beam: 10.3 m (34 ft)[1][2]
Draught: 4.3 m (14 ft)[1][2]
Propulsion: 2 shaft geared turbines, 2 boilers, 14,914 kW (20,000 hp)[1][2]
Speed: 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)[1][2]
Range: 4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi)[1][2]
Complement: 198 originally, 170 later[1][2]
Sensors and
processing systems:		 DRBV 20A, DRBM 32, DRBC 31 radar, ARBR 10, DUBV 1, DUBA 1 sonar<[1][2]
Armament:
  • 6 × 57mm/60 modèle 1951 guns (3 × twin turrets)
  • 2 × 20 mm Oerlikon (2 × single)
  • 12 × 550 mm (22 in) torpedo tubes (4 × triples)
  • 1 × 375 mm ASW rocket launcher (1 × sextuple)
  • 2 × depth charge launcher, 1 × depth charge rack

The Le Corse class (or E50 Type) was a class of 4 fast frigates (Escorteurs Rapide) built for the French Navy in the early 1950s. They were first surface combatant class of ships to be built after World War Two and symbolized "the revival of the French fleet."[1] They were followed by the Le Normand-class (or E52 Type) frigates, and like them, were long-range convoy escorts capable of high speed.

The E50 type shared a flush-decked layout with the E52 class, and had a similar armament of three twin 57mm turrets) (one forward and two aft) and an anti-submarine armament consisting of a battery of heavyweight guided torpedoes and a 375mm Bofors six-barrel rocket launcher.

Ships

Pennant Name Builder Laid down Launched Commissioned Fate
F 761 Le Corse Arsenal de Lorient March 1952 8 August 1952 23 April 1955 Target in Alantic 1975
F 762 Le Brestois Arsenal de Lorient August 1952 16 December 1952 19 January 1956 Target in Mediterranean 1976
F 763 Le Boulonnais Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire September 1952 12 May 1953 5 August 1955 Target in Atlantic 1994
F 764 Le Bordelais Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée January 1953 11 July 1953 7 April 1955 Broken Up at Vigo, Spain 1981

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Escorteur rapide Le Corse
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ER Le Corse : Caractéristiques principales

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