French ship Laplace (A 793)

	French Ship Laplace
History
France
Name	Laplace
Namesake	Cyrille Pierre Théodore Laplace
Laid down	1 September 1987
Launched	9 November 1988
Commissioned	5 October 1989
Identification	MMSI number: 228798000
Status	in active service
General characteristics
Class & type	Lapérouse-class survey ship
Displacement	850 t (837 long tons); 980 t (965 long tons) full load;
Length	59 m (193 ft 7 in)
Beam	10.9 m (35 ft 9 in)
Draught	3.63 m (11 ft 11 in)
Propulsion	2 SACM Wärtsilä UD30 RVR V12 M6 diesel engines 2,500 hp (1,864 kW); 2 shafts with 4-blade controllable pitch propellers;
Range	6,000 nmi (11,000 km) at 12 kn (14 mph; 22 km/h)
Complement	3 officers; 10 non-commissioned officers; 18 enlisted personnel; 11 hydrographers;
Armament	2 × 12.7 mm machine guns

NameLaplace

Laid down1 September 1987 ^[1]

Launched9 November 1988 ^[1]

Laplace is a hydrographic survey ship of the French Navy, third of the Lapérouse-class survey ships.

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History

French Ship Laplace




France
Name	Laplace
Namesake	Cyrille Pierre Théodore Laplace^[1]
Laid down	1 September 1987 ^[1]
Launched	9 November 1988 ^[1]
Commissioned	5 October 1989 ^[1]
Identification	MMSI number: 228798000
Status	in active service


General characteristics
Class & type	Lapérouse-class survey ship
Displacement	850 t (837 long tons) 980 t (965 long tons) full load
Length	59 m (193 ft 7 in)
Beam	10.9 m (35 ft 9 in)
Draught	3.63 m (11 ft 11 in)
Propulsion	2 SACM Wärtsilä UD30 RVR V12 M6 diesel engines 2,500 hp (1,864 kW) 2 shafts with 4-blade controllable pitch propellers
Range	6,000 nmi (11,000 km) at 12 kn (14 mph; 22 km/h)
Complement	3 officers 10 non-commissioned officers 18 enlisted personnel 11 hydrographers
Armament	2 × 12.7 mm machine guns