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(Redirected from French frigate Aquitaine (D650)) Lead ship of the FREMM class of multi-purpose frigates in the French Navy For other ships with the same name, see French ship Aquitaine.

History
Aquitaine moored in Bordeaux in 2013
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)
Sensors and processing systems	Héraklès multi-purpose passive electronically scanned array radar CAPTAS-4 towed-array sonar UMS 4110 CL hull-mounted sonar
Armament	1 x 76 mm Super Rapid gun 3 x 20 mm Narwhal remote weapon systems 16-cell SYLVER A43 VLS for Aster 15 air defense missiles 16-cell SYLVER A70 VLS for MdCN cruise missiles 8 x Exocet MM40 Block 3 anti-ship missiles (Block 3c variant entering service with the French Navy from December 2022) 2 x B-515 twin launchers for MU90 torpedoes

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.

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.

In April 2018 Aquitaine participated in the April 2018 missile strikes against Syria.

References

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.
^ "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.

v t e Aquitaine-class frigates
French Navy	Aquitaine Normandie Provence Languedoc Auvergne Alsace Bretagne Lorraine
Egyptian Navy	Tahya Misr (ex-Normandie)
Royal Moroccan Navy	Mohammed VI
Preceded by: Horizon class Followed by: None
List of frigates of the French Navy

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