French aviso Jean Moulin

D'Estienne d'Orves-class aviso of the French Navy

History
France
Name| Jean Moulin
Namesake| Jean Moulin
Builder| Arsenal de Lorient, Lorient
Laid down| 15 January 1975
Launched| 31 January 1976
Commissioned| 11 May 1977
Decommissioned| 1999
Identification| Pennant number: F785
Fate| Scrapped, 2015
General characteristics
Class and type| D'Estienne d'Orves-class aviso
Displacement|

* 1,100 t (1,100 long tons) standard
* 1,270 t (1,250 long tons) full load

Length|

* 80 m (262 ft 6 in) oa
* 76 m (249 ft 4 in) pp

Beam| 10.3 m (33 ft 10 in)
Draught| 5.3 m (17 ft 5 in)
Propulsion|

* 2 SEMT Pielstick 12 PC 2 V400 diesel engines
* 8,900 kW (12,000 bhp), 2 shafts

Speed| 23.5 knots (43.5 km/h; 27.0 mph)
Range| 4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement| 90
Sensors and
processing systems|

* 1 Air/surface DRBV 51A sentry radar
* 1 DRBC 32E fire control radar
* 1 Decca 1226 navigation radar
* 1 DUBA 25 hull sonar

Electronic warfare
& decoys|

* 1 ARBR 16 radar interceptor
* 2 Dagaie decoy launchers
* 1 SLQ-25 Nixie countermeasure system

Armament|

* 2 Exocet MM38 SSMs (removed from French ships when reclassified as OPVs)[1]
* 1 × 100 mm CADAM gun turret with Najir fire control system and CMS LYNCEA
* 2 × 20 mm modèle F2 guns
* 4 × 12.7 mm machine guns
* 4 × L3 or L5 type torpedoes in four fixed catapults (removed from French ships when reclassified as OPVs)[1]
* 1 × sextuple Bofors 375 mm rocket launcher (removed from French ships when reclassified as OPVs)[1]

Jean Moulin (F785) was a D'Estienne d'Orves-class aviso in the French Navy.

## Design

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Main article: D'Estienne d'Orves-class aviso

Armed by a crew of 90 sailors, these vessels have the reputation of being among the most difficult in bad weather. Their high windage makes them particularly sensitive to pitch and roll as soon as the sea is formed.

Their armament, consequent for a vessel of this tonnage, allows them to manage a large spectrum of missions. During the Cold War, they were primarily used to patrol the continental shelf of the Atlantic Ocean in search of Soviet Navy submarines. Due to the poor performance of the hull sonar, as soon as an echo appeared, the reinforcement of an ASM frigate was necessary to chase it using its towed variable depth sonar.[2]

Their role as patrollers now consists mainly of patrols and assistance missions, as well as participation in UN missions (blockades, flag checks) or similar marine policing tasks (fight against drugs, extraction of nationals, fisheries control, etc.). The mer-mer 38 or mer-mer 40 missiles have been landed, but they carry several machine guns and machine guns, more suited to their new missions.

Its construction cost was estimated at 270,000,000 French francs.[3]

## Construction and career

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Jean Moulin was laid down on 15 January 1975 at Arsenal de Lorient, Lorient. Launched on 31 January 1976 and commissioned on 11 May 1977.

First based in Brest, she was assigned to Noumea between 1986 and 1987.

She was then reassigned to Brest and then withdrawn from service on 14 May 1999. She was officially decommissioned in 1999, she served from 1999 to 2014 as a breakwater at Lanvéoc-Poulmic.

In 2014, the Jean Moulin left the scene to join the port of Brest and be prepared for its dismantling.

At the beginning of February 2015, she joined the scrapyard in Ghent, Belgium, to be dismantled by the Franco-Belgian group Galloo.

## Citations

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1. ^ a b c "Patrouilleurs: Les avisos français sur tous les fronts" [Patrol ships: French Avisos on all fronts.]. asafrance.fr (in French). 26 January 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
2. ^ "Euronaval: First details of the Patrouilleurs Océanique (PO) platform unveiled". Naval News. 23 October 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
3. ^ Quid 1996. p. 2036\. ISBN 2-221-08055-6.

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D'Estienne d'Orves-class avisos

French Navy|

* D'Estienne d'Orves
* Amyot d'Inville
* Drogou
* Détroyat
* Jean Moulin
* Quartier-Maître Anquetil
* Commandant de Pimodan
* Second-Maître Le Bihan
* Lieutenant de vaisseau Le Hénaff
* Lieutenant de vaisseau Lavallée
* Commandant L'Herminier
* Premier-Maître L'Her
* Commandant Blaison
* Enseigne de vaisseau Jacoubet
* Commandant Ducuing
* Commandant Birot
* Commandant Bouan

Argentine Navy
Drummond class|

* Drummond (ex-Good Hope)
* Guerrico (ex-Transvaal)
* Granville

South African Navy
Good Hope class|

* Good HopeN
* TransvaalN

Turkish Navy
Burak class|

* Bozcaada (ex-Commandant de Pimodan)
* Bodrum (ex-Drogou)
* Bandırma (ex-Quartier-Maître Anquetil)
* Beykoz (ex-D'Estienne d'Orves)
* Bartın (ex-Amyot d'Inville)
* Bafra (ex-Second-Maître Le Bihan)

Not delivered due to arms embargo

* Preceded by: Commandant Rivière class
* Followed by: Floréal class

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