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]

In France, this surface combatant is known as the " Aquitaine class " (17 units planned, of which 9 were later cancelled), while in Italy it is known as the " Bergamini class " (10 units planned). The lead ship of the class, Aquitaine, was commissioned in November 2012 by the French Navy.

L’Aquitaine (indicatif visuel D650) est la première frégate anti-sous-marine de la classe Aquitaine, anciennement programme FREMM, lancé par la France et l'Italie. Mise sur cale en 2007 aux chantiers DCNS de Lorient, à flot en 2010, elle a commencé ses essais en 2011.

Jul 1, 2014 · Aquitaine class is the French variant of the FRigate European Multi-Mission (FREMM) class, a class of frigates designed by the French DCNS and the Italian Ficantieri in a joint program to replace the existing destroyers and frigates within the French and Italian navies.

The FREMM (European multi-purpose frigate; French: Frégate européenne multi-mission; Italian: Fregata europea multi-missione) is a class of multi-purpose frigates designed by Naval Group/Armaris and Fincantieri for the navies of France and Italy. The lead ship of the class, Aquitaine, was commissioned in November 2012 by the French Navy.

Languedoc (D653) is an Aquitaine -class frigate of the French Navy. The Aquitaine class were developed from the FREMM multipurpose frigate program. [3] Original plans were for 17 FREMM to replace the nine D'Estienne d'Orves -class avisos and nine anti-submarine frigates of the Tourville and Georges Leygues classes.

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. Quick Facts History, France ...

Jul 30, 2024 · After five years of construction led in Lorient by DCNS contractors and partners, the multi-mission frigate FREMM Aquitaine (head of class) sailed Tuesday 6 November to join Brest French naval base, her future home port.

Mar 16, 2007 · In April 2018, stationed in the Eastern Mediterranean, the frigate was the target of an intimidation maneuver by an armed Russian Su-24 bomber. The latter flies over it at a reduced distance.

Nov 23, 2021 · French Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly has announced that the Aquitaine-class frigate Alsace is ready for operations. Alsace is a frigate of the French Navy developed through the Frégate Européenne Multi-Missions (FREMM) multipurpose frigate programme.