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{{Other ships|French ship Suffren}}{{unreferenced|date=June 2008}}{{Infobox ship image| Ship image= | Ship caption=Suffren in 1983
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country=France | France|naval}} | Ship name=Suffren | Ship namesake=Pierre André de Suffren | Ship owner= | Ship operator= | Ship registry= | Ship route= | Ship ordered= | Ship awarded= | Ship builder=Lorient arsenal | Ship original cost= | Ship yard number= | Ship way number= | Ship laid down=21 December 1962 | Ship launched=15 May 1965 | Ship sponsor= | Ship christened= | Ship completed= | Ship acquired= | Ship commissioned=1 October 1967 | Ship recommissioned= | Ship decommissioned=2008 | Ship maiden voyage= | Ship in service=1 April 1969 | Ship out of service=2 April 2001 | Ship renamed= | Ship reclassified= | Ship refit= | Ship struck= | Ship reinstated= | Ship homeport=*Lorient- Brest (since 1 April 1969)
- Toulon (since November 1975)
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}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Suffren|frigate|1}} | Ship type= | Ship tonnage= | Ship displacement=*5335 tonnes | Ship tons burthen= | 158|m|abbr=on}} | 15.50|m|abbr=on}} | Ship height= | 7.25|m|abbr=on}} | Ship draft= | Ship depth= | Ship hold depth= | Ship decks= | Ship deck clearance= | Ship ramps= | Ship ice class= | Ship power= | Ship propulsion=*4 steam boilers and 4 turbines for 2 propellers; 72500 hp- 3440 kW, 2 turbo-alternators and 3 diesel-alternators
| Ship sail plan= | 34|kn}} | Ship range= | Ship endurance= | Ship test depth= | Ship boats= | Ship capacity= | Ship troops= | Ship complement=*23 officers- 337 petty officers and sailors
| Ship crew= | Ship time to activate= | Ship sensors=*DRBI23 tridimentional sentry radar- DRBV15 surface or low-altitude sentry radar
- DRBC33 multi-system targeting radar
- DRBN34
- DRBR51
| Ship EW=*2 "Sagaie" decoy launchers- SLQ-25 Nixie
- ARBR33 jammer
- ARBR17 detector
| Ship armament=*1 twin launcher of surface-air Masurca missiles (DRBR51-guided) (48 missiles)- 4 launchers of MM38 Exocet missiles (4 missiles)
- 1 launcher of Malafon anti-submarine rocket torpedoes
- 4 launchers of L5 anti-submarine torpedoes (10 torpedoes)
- 2 100 mm turrets
- 4 × 20 mm cannons
- 4 × 12,7 mm machine guns
| Ship armour= | Ship armor= | Ship aircraft= | Ship aircraft facilities= | Ship notes=
}} | Suffren was a {{sclass-|Suffren|frigate|0}} frigate of the French Navy, designed to protect a fleet against air threats, surface ships, submarines, and, to a lesser extent, provide firepower against land objectives. She is the sister-ship of {{ship|French frigate|Duquesne|D603|2}}, and was decommissioned in 2001. She was the seventh French vessel named after the 18th century admiral Pierre André de Suffren; her artillery turrets are named after ships commanded by the marquis of Suffren: turret n°1 is named Héros ("hero") after the ship of the line {{ship|French ship|Héros|1778|2}}, and turret n°2 is named Fantasque, after the ship of the line {{ship|French ship|Fantasque|1758|2}}. The French navy doesn't use the term "destroyer" for its ships; thus some large ships, such as Suffren, referred to as "frigates", are registered as destroyers. With her sister-ship, she was the first missile-launching destroyer of the French Navy. She was designed to protect the French aircraft carriers {{ship|French aircraft carrier|Foch|R99|2}} and {{ship|French aircraft carrier|Clemenceau|R98|2}} against air and submarine threats. In 2001, Suffren was put in the reserve, her machinery becoming too expensive to maintain. The dome-like structure surrounding the DRBI23 radar is reminiscent of the Dutch {{sclass-|Tromp|frigate|0}} guided missile frigates and has on occasion led to confusion when identifying between the two ship classes. External links{{Commons category-inline|Suffren (D602)}}{{Suffren class frigate}}{{Surviving ocean going ships}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Suffren}} 4 : Suffren-class frigates|Cold War frigates of France|1965 ships|Ships built in France |