The Latouche-Tréville frigate is a French Navy F70 anti-submarine warfare frigate. Her hull number is D 646. She is sponsored by the town of Saumur. The Latouche-Tréville frigate is based in Brest.
Originally designed to provide anti-submarine defense for a naval air group, anti-submarine warfare frigates have recently seen their above-surface capabilities greatly enhanced.
With the introduction of optronic sensors, powerful weapons and rapid deployment, we can now not only identify the threat with certainty, but also deal with it.
- Displacement: 4,010 tonnes and 4,910 tonnes at full load
- Length: 139 metres
- Width: 15 metres
- Draft: 5.50 metres
- Air draught: 47.60 metres
- Speed: 30 knots with gas turbines (TG) and 21 knots with diesels
- Range: 800 nautical miles at 30 knots on TGs and 8,000 nautical miles at 15 knots on diesels
- Autonomy: 45 days
