- Ships in the class Decommissioned or transferred In service in the French Navy In service in the Argentine Navy
- External links
{{no footnotes|date=January 2013}}{{Infobox ship image| Ship image=Lieutenant de vaisseau Lavallée.jpg | Ship image size=300px | Ship caption=The aviso Lieutenant de vaisseau Lavallée
}}{{Infobox ship class overview | Name=D'Estienne d'Orves class or A69 type | Builders= | France}}- {{navy|Turkey}}
- {{navy|Argentina}}
| Class before= | Floréal|frigate|4}}- {{sclass-|La Fayette|frigate|4}}
| Drummond|corvette|4}} | Built range= | In commission range= | Total ships building= | Total ships planned= | Total ships completed=17 | Total ships cancelled= | Total ships active=13 | Total ships laid up=2 | Total ships lost= | Total ships retired= | Total ships preserved=
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption=D'Estienne d'Orves | Ship type=Aviso | Ship displacement=1,100 t tonnes (1,250 tonnes full load) | 80|m|ft|abbr=on}} | 10.3|m|ft|abbr=on}} | 5.3|m|ft|abbr=on}} | Ship propulsion=*Engines : 2 diesel SEMT Pielstick 12PC2V400- Power: {{Convert|12000|shp|MW|abbr=on}}
- Propellers: 2 4-bladed orientable propellers
- Electrical power: 840 kW (2 DA x 320 + 1 DA x 200)
| 24|kn}} | Ship range=*at 15 knots (28 km/h): 4500 nautical miles (8000 km)- at 18 knots (33 km/h) : 3000 nautical miles (5500 km)
| Ship armour= | Ship complement=*7 officers- 42 non-commissioned officers
- 43 men
| Ship EW=*1 ARBR 16 radar interceptor- 2 Dagaie decoy launchers
- 1 SLQ-25 Nixie counter-measure system
| Ship armament=*2 Exocet MM38 missiles- 1 × 100 mm CADAM turret with Najir fire control system and CMS LYNCEA
- 2 × 20 mm F2
- 4 × 12.7 mm machine guns
- 4 × L3 or L5 type torpedoes
- 1 × sextuple 375 mm rocket launcher
| Ship sensors=*1 Air/Surface DRBV 51A sentry radar- 1 DRBC 32E fire control radar
- 1 DECCA 1226 navigation radar
- 1 DUBA 25 hull sonar
}} | The D'Estienne d'Orves-class avisos, also known as the A69 type avisos, is a class of avisos, comparable in size to a light corvette, mainly designed for coastal anti-submarine defence, but are also available for high sea escort missions (notably in support missions with the FOST). Built on a simple and robust design, they have an economical and reliable propulsion system which allows them to be used for overseas presence missions. The A69 design was based on the Portuguese Navy's {{sclass-|João Coutinho|corvette}}s. Ships in the class A total of 17 ships of this class were built, with the French ships being named after heroes of the Second World War. Eight of these ships have since been decommissioned and six of them were sold to the Turkish Navy where they were redesignated as {{sclass-|Burak|corvette|4}} or {{sclass2-|B|corvette|2}}s. The nine ships remaining in French service will have their heavy weapons removed and be reclassified as oceanic patrol ships. They will replace the {{sclass2-|P400|patrol vessel}}s in this role. Decommissioned or transferred - F781 D'Estienne d'Orves (named after Henri Honoré d'Estienne d'Orves, decommissioned in 1999, now Turkish {{TCG|Beykoz|F-503}} )
- F782 Amyot d'Inville (decommissioned in 1999, now Turkish {{TCG|Bartin|F-504}} )
- F783 Drogou (decommissioned in 2000, now Turkish {{TCG|Bodrum|F-501}} )
- F784 Détroyat (decommissioned in 1997; scrapped at Ghent, Belgium in 2015)
- F785 Jean Moulin (named after Jean Moulin, decommissioned in 1999; scrapped at Ghent, Belgium in 2015)
- F786 Quartier-Maître Anquetil (decommissioned in 2000, now Turkish {{TCG|Bandirma|F-502}} )
- F787 Commandant de Pimodan (decommissioned in 2000, now Turkish {{TCG|Bozcaada|F-500}} )
- F788 Second-Maître Le Bihan (decommissioned in 2002, now Turkish {{TCG|Bafra|F-505}} )
In service in the French Navy - F789 {{ship|French aviso|Lieutenant de vaisseau Le Hénaff|F789|2}}
- F790 {{ship|French aviso|Lieutenant de vaisseau Lavallée|F790|2}}
- F791 {{ship|French aviso|Commandant L'Herminier|F791|2}}
- F792 {{ship|French aviso|Premier-Maître L'Her|F792|2}}
- F793 {{ship|French aviso|Commandant Blaison|F793|2}}
- F794 {{ship|French aviso|Enseigne de vaisseau Jacoubet|F794|2}}
- F795 {{ship|French aviso|Commandant Ducuing|F795|2}} (named after Gabriel Auguste Ferdinand Ducuing)
- F796 {{ship|French aviso|Commandant Birot|F796|2}}
- F797 {{ship|French aviso|Commandant Bouan|F797|2}}
In service in the Argentine Navy The Argentine Navy also operates three D'Estienne d'Orves-class ships, locally known as the {{sclass-|Drummond|corvette|4}}. The first two ships were originally ordered by the South African Navy, but due to UN sanctions against South Africa, they were not delivered and were bought by the Argentine Navy in 1978. The third ship of the class was ordered by Argentina and was delivered in 1981. - P-31 ARA Drummond (ex-South African Good Hope)
- P-32 ARA Guerrico (ex-South African Transvaal)
- P-33 ARA Granville
External links {{Commons category|Aviso class A69|D'Estienne d'Orves class}}- globalsecurity.org
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070220142953/http://www.alabordache.com/marine/espacemarine/marine/fregate_rang_2/index.php Alabordache.com] French Aviso in activity
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080828132841/http://www.alabordache.com/marine/espacemarine/desarme/ Alabordache.com] French Aviso disarmed
- {{es icon}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20070715223407/http://www.ara.mil.ar/pnav_buques.asp Argentine Navy (ARA) official site – class specifications & pictures]
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