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]
 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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Service
editAquitaine 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.[5][6]
References
edit- ^ Vavasseur, Xavier (13 November 2020). "Photos: Naval Group Launches 'Lorraine', its Final FREMM Frigate". Naval News.
- ^ Vavasseur, Xavier (17 October 2022). "First Exocet MM40 Block 3c Missiles Set For December Delivery". Naval News. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.