page_title: Commandant Rivière-class frigate
hierarchical_section_title: Commandant Rivière-class frigate
caption_attribution_description: English: Escort Commandant Bourdais on the Seine river in July 1989 Français&#160;: L'aviso escorteur Commandant Bourdais lors d'une descente de Seine (juillet 1989)
context_page_description: The Commandant Rivière class was a class of frigates built for the French Navy in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Labeled "aviso-escorteur", they were designed to perform the role of overseas patrol in peacetime and anti-submarine escort in wartime.
  This vessel class is named after the French Navy officer Henri Rivière.
  Four similar ships were built for the Portuguese Navy as the João Belo class.
context_section_description: The Commandant Rivière class was a class of frigates built for the French Navy in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Labeled "aviso-escorteur" (fr: "sloop-escort"), they were designed to perform the role of overseas patrol in peacetime and anti-submarine escort in wartime.
  This vessel class is named after the French Navy officer Henri Rivière (naval officer) (1827 - 1883).
  Four similar ships were built for the Portuguese Navy as the João Belo class.
caption: Escort Commandant Bourdais on the Seine river in July 1989
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