French frigate Aquitaine

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Aquitaine.
Aquitaine moored in Bordeaux in 2013
History
France
NameAquitaine
BuilderDCNS, Lorient
Laid down2007
Launched29 April 2010
Completed2012
Commissioned23 November 2012
IdentificationPennant number D650
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class & typeAquitaine-class frigate
Displacement6,000 tons
Length466 ft (142.0 m)
Beam65 ft (19.8 m)
Draught16 ft (4.9 m)
Sensors &
processing systems
Armament

Aquitaine is a frigate in service with the French Navy. She is the lead ship of her class of French frigates, which in turn were developed by the FREMM multipurpose frigate program.[3]

Service

Aquitaine was developed as part of a joint Franco-Italian program known as FREMM, which was implemented to develop a new class of frigates for use by various European navies. Construction on the ship began in 2007 and was completed in 2012.[3][4]

In April 2018 Aquitaine participated in the April 2018 missile strikes against Syria alongside her sister ships Auvergne and Languedoc.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ Vavasseur, Xavier (13 November 2020). "Photos: Naval Group Launches 'Lorraine', its Final FREMM Frigate". Naval News.
  2. ^ Vavasseur, Xavier (17 October 2022). "First Exocet MM40 Block 3c Missiles Set For December Delivery". Naval News. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  3. ^ a b "La Marine réceptionne la FREMM Aquitaine". www.defense.gouv.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 2018-04-16. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
  4. ^ ARG. "Aquitaine class - Guided missile frigate". Archived from the original on 2024-04-05. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
  5. ^ Youssef, Nancy A.; Bender, Michael C. (2018-04-14). "U.S., U.K. and France Launch Strikes Against Syria". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
  6. ^ Lendon, Brad. "Weapons the US, UK and France used to target Syria". CNN. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
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