Sea Weapons

Guided Missile Frigate (2012)

Aquitaine class

Aquitaine class

Preceded by:

La Fayette (1997)

Related:

Bergamini (2013)

Succeeded by:

None

Datafile

ClassAquitaine
TypeGuided Missile Frigate
Year2012
Crew145
Dimensions
Length142 m
Beam20 m
Draught5 m
Displacement
Empty6,000 t
Loaded?
Performance
Speed50 km/h
Range11,112 km @ 28 km/h
Machinery
Shafts2
Turbines1 x Gas turbine
hp
2
Jeaumont Electric

Fuel-
Armament
Main
Anti-Aircraft
Torpedo tubes2x2 x (WASS B-515)
Launcher16 x Sylver A70 VLS
AA WeaponsMM40 Exocet (2 x 4)
SCALP Naval (16)
MU 90
Armor
ArmorNone
Sensors
RadarHéraklès
Aircraft
Helicopters1
Production
Built9
Total9

Registry

Ship Code Builder Laid Launch Comm Decomm Fate
Aquitaine D650 DCNS16/03/200729/04/201002/12/2015-Active
Normandie D651 DCNS08/10/200918/10/2012--Transferred incomplete
Provence D652 DCNS15/12/201018/09/201309/06/2016-Active
Languedoc D653 DCNS30/11/201112/07/201404/07/2017-Active
Auvergne D654 DCNS08/201202/09/201514/02/2018-Active
Bretagne D655 DCNS10/201316/09/201620/02/2019-Active
Alsace D656 DCNS06/201618/04/201916/04/2021-Active
Lorraine D657 DCNS05/201913/11/202013/11/2023-Active
Normandie D651 DCNS201401/02/201803/06/2020-Active
Mohammed VI 701 DCNS200814/09/201130/01/2014-Active
Transfers:
Ship Code Former Code Comm Decomm Fate
Tahya Misr 1001 Normandie D651 23/06/2015-Active

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