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  Class Caption Destroyer ''De Grasse''
  Class Type Destroyer
  Class Name F67
  Class Number 3
  Class Displacement 4,580 tonnes <br/>6,100 tonnes fully loaded
  Class Length 15275 m
  Class Beam 1580 m
  Class Draught 660 m
  Class Propulsion 2 Rateau steam turbines, double reduction<br>
  Class Speed 32 knots (59 km/h)
  Class Range 1900 nautical miles (3500 km) at 30 knots (56 km/h)<br>
  Class Complement 24 officers <br>
  Class Armament '''Anti-air'''<br>
  Class Sensors 1 DRBV 51B surface sentry radar<br>
  Class EW 1 ARBB 32 jammer<br>
  Class Aircraft 2 Lynx WG13
  Class Ships ''Tourville'' (D 610) , ''Duguay-Trouin'' (D 611) , ''De Grasse'' (D 612)




The F67 type is a class of large high-sea ( Blue Water ) Destroyers of the French Navy specialised in anti-submarine warfare. They have anti-air and anti-surface capabilities.

The three ships of the class, D612 ''De Grasse'', D611 ''Duguay-Trouin'' (decommissioned on the 13th of July 1999) and the D610 ''Tourville'', are named after famous French sailors.

Between 1994 and 1996, the ''Tourville'' and the ''De Grasse'' were refitted with the modern SLASM anti-submarine system, an active Very Low Frequencies sonar.

The three ships of the class are