Horizon vs Suffren
Overview
The Horizon and the Suffren are both Frigate classes.
Displacement is 7,050 tons for the Horizon vs 5,335 tons for the Suffren. The Horizon reaches 29 knots vs 34 knots for the Suffren. Operational range is 6,100 nautical miles for the Horizon vs 5,100 for the Suffren. The Horizon carries a crew of 236 vs 355 for the Suffren.
The Horizon was produced in 4 units vs 2 for the Suffren. The Horizon was commissioned in 2007, 40 years after the Suffren (1967).
| French frigate, introduced in 2007, has a displacement of 7,050 tons and a crew of 236. | |
| Origin | 🇫🇷 France |
| Category | Frigate |
| Type | Air-defence destroyer |
| Manufacturer | Horizon Sas |
| Year introduced | 2007 |
| Number built | 4 units |
| Estimated unit price | $1,500 million |
| French Suffren-class guided-missile frigate (D602), in service 1967-2001, armed with Masurca SAMs plus Exocet and Malafon missiles; sister ship of Duquesne. | |
| Origin | 🇫🇷 France |
| Category | Frigate |
| Type | Guided-missile frigate |
| Manufacturer | Arsenal de Lorient |
| Year introduced | 1967 |
| Number built | 2 units |
| Estimated unit price | NA |
| Displacement | 7,050 tons ◉ |
| Maximum speed | 29.0 knots ◉ |
| Range | 6,100 nm at 3500 knots ◉ |
| Length | 152.9 m ◉ |
| Beam | 20.3 m ◉ |
| Crew | 236 ◉ |
| Propulsion | CODOG scheme: 2 × GE/Avio General Electric LM2500 Plus TAG, 20.500 kW (27.491 hp) each; 2 × diesel engines SEMT Pielstick 12PA6 STC 4.320 kW (5.793 hp) each |
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| Displacement | 5,335 tons ◉ |
| Maximum speed | 34.0 knots ◉ |
| Range | 5,100 nm at 18 knots ◉ |
| Length | 157.6 m ◉ |
| Beam | 15.5 m ◉ |
| Crew | 355 ◉ |
| Propulsion | 4 x boilers, 2 sets Rateau double-reduction geared steam turbines, 72,500 shp (54 MW), 2 propellers |
| Armament |
Twin launcher for 48 x Masurca surface-to-air missiles; 4 x MM38 Exocet anti-ship missiles (fitted 1977-1979); Malafon anti-submarine missile system (13 missiles); 4 x launchers for L5 anti-submarine torpedoes (10 carried); 2 x 100 mm Modele 1953/1964 guns; 4 x 20 mm cannons |
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