French aviso Commandant Ducuing

	Commandant Ducuing
History
France
Name	Commandant Ducuing
Namesake	Gabriel Ducuing
Builder	Arsenal de Lorient, Lorient
Laid down	1 October 1980
Launched	26 September 1981
Commissioned	17 March 1983
Decommissioned	Expected, 2025
Homeport	Toulon
Identification	Callsign: FADC; ; Pennant number: F795;
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class & 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 &; 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 (removed from French ships when reclassified as OPVs);
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 × 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 × sextuple Bofors 375 mm rocket launcher (removed from French ships when reclassified as OPVs);

Commandant Ducuing (F795) is a D'Estienne d'Orves-class aviso in the French Navy. The vessel is home ported at Toulon.

History
Commandant Ducuing
France
Name	Commandant Ducuing
Namesake	Gabriel Ducuing
Builder	Arsenal de Lorient, Lorient
Laid down	1 October 1980
Launched	26 September 1981
Commissioned	17 March 1983
Decommissioned	Expected, 2025
Homeport	Toulon
Identification	Callsign: FADC Pennant number: F795
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class & 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 & 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 (removed from French ships when reclassified as OPVs)
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 × 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 × sextuple Bofors 375 mm rocket launcher (removed from French ships when reclassified as OPVs)