:French frigate Amiral Charner
{{short description|Commandant Rivière-class frigate}}
{{other ships|French ship Amiral Charner}}
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}} {{Infobox ship image | Ship image = File:Uruguayan frigate MONTEVIDEO.jpg | Ship caption = Montevideo underway on 16 June 2004 }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship country = France | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|France|naval}} | Ship name = Amiral Charner | Ship namesake = Léonard Charner | Ship owner = | Ship operator = | Ship registry = | Ship route = | Ship ordered = | Ship awarded = | Ship builder = Arsenal de Lorient, Lorient | Ship original cost = | Ship yard number = | Ship way number = | Ship laid down = November 1958 | Ship launched = 12 March 1960 | Ship sponsor = | Ship christened = | Ship completed = | Ship acquired = | Ship commissioned = 14 December 1962 | Ship recommissioned = | Ship decommissioned = 1990 | Ship maiden voyage = | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship renamed = | Ship reclassified = | Ship refit = | Ship struck = | Ship reinstated = | Ship homeport = | Ship identification = Pennant number: F 727 | Ship motto = | Ship nickname = | Ship honours = | Ship honors = | Ship captured = | Ship fate = Sold to Uruguay Navy in 1991 | Ship notes = | Ship badge = }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = title | Ship country = Uruguay | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|Uruguay|naval}} | Ship name = Montevideo | Ship namesake = Montevideo | Ship acquired = 1991 | Ship commissioned = 1991 | Ship decommissioned = 2008 | Ship identification = Pennant number: ROU 03 | Ship fate = Scrapped in 2016 | Ship notes = | Ship badge = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header = |Header caption = |Ship class = {{sclass|Commandant Rivière|frigate}} |Ship displacement=1,750 tons standard, 2,230 tons full load |Ship length=* {{convert|98.0|m|ftin|abbr=on}} oa
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Amiral Charner (F 727) was a {{sclass|Commandant Rivière|frigate}} of the French Navy. She was later transferred to National Navy of Uruguay in 1991 and renamed Montevideo. The ship was scrapped in 2016.
Development and design
{{Main|Commandant Rivière-class frigate}}
The main gun armament of the Commandant Rivière class consisted of three of the new French 100 mm naval gun, with a single turret located forward and two turrets aft.Gardiner and Chumbley 1995, p. 117.Blackman 1962, p. 88. These water-cooled automatic dual-purpose guns could fire a {{convert|13.5|kg|lb|adj=on}} shell at an effective range of {{convert|12000|m|ft}} against surface targets and {{convert|6000|m|ft|abbr=on}} against aircraft at a rate of 60 rounds per minute.Friedman 1997, pp. 432–433. A quadruple {{convert|305|mm|in|abbr=on|0}} anti-submarine mortar was fitted in 'B' position, aft of the forward gun and in front of the ship's superstructure, capable of firing a {{convert|230|kg|lb|abbr=on}} depth charge to {{convert|3000|m|abbr=on}} or in the shore bombardment role, a {{convert|100|kg|lb|abbr=on}} projectile to {{convert|6000|m|abbr=on}}.Grove 1990, p. 55. Two triple torpedo tubes were fitted for anti-submarine torpedoes, while the ship's armament was completed by two {{convert|30|mm|in|abbr=on}} Hotchkiss HS-30 cannon. The ships had accommodation for an 80-man commando detachment with two fast landing boats, each capable of landing 25 personnel.Gardiner and Chumbley 1995, p. 118.
Construction and career
Amiral Charner was laid down in November 1958 and launched on 12 March 1960 at Arsenal de Lorient in Lorient. The vessel was commissioned on 14 December 1962.
The frigate was sold to Uruguay in 1991 and given the new name Montevideo. The ship remained in service until 2008.{{Cite web|last=Infodefensa.com|date=2015-01-25|title=La Armada del Uruguay abre la licitación para el desguace de la fragata Montevideo - Noticias Infodefensa América|url=http://www.infodefensa.com/latam/2015/01/25/noticia-armada-uruguay-licitacion-desguace-fragata-montevideo.html|access-date=2020-12-09|website=Infodefensa.com|language=es}} She was sold for scrap in 2016.{{Cite web|last=Marítima|first=Uruguay Visión|date=2016-01-07|title=TRISTE FINAL DE LA FRAGATA ROU 3 "MONTEVIDEO"|url=https://www.visionmaritima.com.uy/noticias/seguridad-navegacion-noticias/triste-final-de-la-fragata-rou-3-montevideo/|access-date=2020-12-09|website=Uruguay Visión Marítima|language=es}}
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