Kership

	French Offshore Patrol Ship L'Adroit
Class overview
Name	Kership
Builders	Piriou Shipyard
Operators	French Navy (1); Gabonese Navy (1) (future); Argentine Navy (4);
Preceded by	Gowind-class corvette
Planned	4
Building	2
Completed	1
Active	1
General characteristics
Class and type	Kership (L'Adroit specifications)
Displacement	1,650 t (1,650 t) (full load)
Length	87 m (285 ft)
Beam	11 m (36 ft)
Draught	3.3 m (11 ft)
Installed power	Electrical:
Propulsion	2 Anglo Belgian Corporation V12 diesel engines, 5.6 MW (7,500 hp)
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Range	8,000 nmi (14,800 km; 9,200 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Endurance	30 days
Boats & landing ; craft carried	2 × 9 m (30 ft) RHIBs
Complement	30 core crew, up to 29 troops
Sensors and ; processing systems	DCNS Polaris combat management system; Terma Scanter 6002 I-Band surface search radar; Terma Scanter 4102 I-Band air and surface search radar; Sagem EOMS (Electro Optical Multisensor System) NG; Sagem SIGMA 40D Inertial measurement unit; LinkSrechts Helicopter visual landing aid system;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	Thales Altesse & Vigile LW ESM/COMINT system; Lacroix Defense & Security Sylena decoy system;
Armament	1 × 30 mm cannon; 2 × .50-cal machine guns;
Aircraft carried	1 × 5-tons helicopter or 1 × 10-tons helicopter (supported); Schiebel Camcopter S-100;
Aviation facilities	helicopter pad and hangar

The Kership class is a range of steel monohull offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) built by Kership, a joint venture of French civil shipbuilder Piriou (55%) and Naval shipbuilder DCNS (45%).

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