French frigate Cassard

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Tartar SM1 missile on Cassard.

Cassard was an anti-aircraft destroyer of the French Marine Nationale, lead ship of the Template:Sclass. She was the 10th vessel of the French Navy named after the 18th century captain Jacques Cassard.

Service history

Cassard was fitted with a number of prototype equipments which were later incorporated into the Template:Sclass frigates.

In April 2016, Cassard was named as one of the ships participating in Operation Griffin Strike, a test of the Combined Joint Expeditionary Force between the French and British armed forces.[1]

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