French frigate Aquitaine
Aquitaine moored in Bordeaux in 2013
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History | |
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France | |
Name | Aquitaine |
Builder | DCNS, Lorient |
Laid down | 2007 |
Launched | 29 April 2010 |
Completed | 2012 |
Commissioned | 23 November 2012 |
Identification | Pennant number D650 |
Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Aquitaine-class frigate |
Displacement | 6,000 tons |
Length | 466 ft (142.0 m) |
Beam | 65 ft (19.8 m) |
Draught | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
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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.[2]
Service[]
Aquitaine was developed as part of a joint Italian-French 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.[2][3]
In April 2018 Aquitaine participated in the 2018 bombing of Damascus and Homs.[4][5]
References[]
- ^ "Photos: Naval Group Launches 'Lorraine', its Final FREMM Frigate". 13 November 2020.
- ^ a b "La Marine réceptionne la FREMM Aquitaine". www.defense.gouv.fr. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
- ^ ARG. "Aquitaine Class Frigate | Military-Today.com". www.military-today.com. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Lendon, Brad. "Weapons the US, UK and France used to target Syria". CNN. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
Categories:
- 2010 ships
- Aquitaine-class frigates
- Ships built in France