French frigate Forbin

	Forbin on 21 May 2021
History
France
Name	Forbin
Namesake	Claude Forbin-Gardanne
Ordered	27 October 2000
Builder	DCNS and Thales Group, Lorient shipyard
Cost	USD$770 million
Laid down	16 January 2004
Launched	10 March 2005
Christened	2008
Commissioned	14 October 2010
Homeport	Toulon
Identification	Deck code: FB; Pennant number: D620;
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class and type	Horizon-class frigate
Displacement	7,050 tonnes
Length	152.87 m (501 ft 7 in)
Beam	20.3 m (66 ft 7 in)
Draught	5.4 m (17 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	2 × 23,330 kW (31,280 hp) GE/Avio LM2500 gas turbines; 2 × 4,381 kW (5,875 hp) SEMT Pielstick 12 PA6 STC diesels; 1 × beam propeller; 2 × 4-blade propellers;
Speed	29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph); 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) on diesels;
Range	7,000 nmi (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph); 3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 25 kn (46 km/h; 29 mph);
Boats & landing ; craft carried	EDO, 20-seat EFRC, Hurricane 733
Capacity	32 passengers or admiral's staff
Complement	26 officers; 110 petty officers; 38 sailors;
Sensors and ; processing systems	S-1850 LRR tri-dimensional sentry radar with IFF; ABF TUS 4110 CL hull sonar; Towed linear antenna with Alto torpedo detector;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	Radar jammer; Communication jammer; NGDS system (2 decoy launchers, REM, RIR, LAD); Contralto system (2 acoustic decoy launchers); PAAMS EMPAR multifunction radar on G band;
Armament	Anti-air;; 1 × PAAMS (48 × Aster 15 or 30 anti-air missiles in SYLVER A50 VLS); For but not with: 1 × Sadral launcher with 6 Mistral missiles space on starboard roof of hangar ; Anti-ship; ; 8 × Exocet MM40 Block 3 anti-ship missiles (Block 3c variant entering service with the French Navy from December 2022); Anti-submarine;; 2 × MU90 torpedo tubes; Guns;; 2 × Otobreda 76 mm super rapid guns; 3 × Narwhal 20 mm remote-controlled naval gun;
Aircraft carried	1 × NH90 helicopter

Forbin (D620) is a large anti-air frigate of the French Navy, lead ship of the Horizon class. Her first task is protecting aircraft carriers, capital ships or civilian ships from supersonic missile attacks; her complement of medium-range anti-air missiles allows her to support the defences of another ship under attack and avoid their saturation. She is also capable of monitoring and controlling operations carried out from the sea by friendly aircraft. Forbin is the sixth vessel of the French Navy named after the 17th century admiral Claude Forbin-Gardanne.

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