Aquitaine-class Frigate

The Aquitaine-class frigates are a class of twenty frigates that make up the French version of the Franco-Italian FREMM Frigate program. The Aquitaine-class will replace the nine D'Estienne d'Orves-class avisos, nine Tourville and Georges Leygues-class ASW frigates, and two Cassard-class air warfare destroyers on a one-to-one basis.

Specifications

 * Type: Multirole Frigate
 * Service Period: 2011-Present
 * Characteristics
 * Length: 466 feet (142.04 meters)
 * Beam: 66 feet (20.12 meters)
 * Draught: 16 feet (4.88 meters)
 * Displacement: 6,000 tons
 * Complement: 145
 * Crew: 108
 * Propulsion: GE/Avio LM 2500 G4 gas turbine 32 MW, 2 EPM Jeumont 2,25 MW, 4 Diesel Generators MAN X 2.1 MW: CODLOG combination
 * Range: 6,800 miles (10,994 kilometers) at 15 knots (27.78 km/hr)
 * Speed: 30 knots (55.56 km/hr)
 * Sensor Suite:
 * Héraklès radar
 * SETIS combat system
 * SOFRESUD Quick Pointing Devices "QPD"
 * Sagem Najir fire control system for the 76mm gun
 * Terma Scanter 2001 radar
 * Thales Artemis IRST
 * Thales UMS 4410 CL hull sonar
 * Thales UMS 4249 CAPTAS4 towed sonar (anti-submarine versions only)
 * Countermeasures
 * NGDS decoy launcher
 * SLAT anti-torpedo system
 * Sigen RECM jammer
 * Armament
 * 1 x Otobreda 76mm Super Rapid Gun
 * 1 x 16-cell SYLVER A43 VLS (fires Aster 15 AAMs)
 * 1 x 16-cell SYLVER A70 VLS (fires SCALP Naval Cruise Missiles)
 * MM-40 Exocet block 3
 * 2 x Nexter 20mm guns
 * MU 90 torpedoes with Calzoni THS (Torpedo Handling System)
 * Aircraft Carried: 1 x NHIndustries NH-90, can carry the AgustaWestland AW101 Merlin, Eurocopter AS.532 Cougar, and Eurocopter EC.725 Caracal

Unit Run

 * MN Aquitaine (D650)
 * MN Normandie (D651)
 * MN Provence (D652) - under construction
 * MN Languedoc (D653) - under construction
 * MN Auvergne (D654) - under construction
 * MN Alsace (D655) - under construction
 * MN Bretagne (D656) - under construction
 * MN Lorraine (D657) - under construction
 * MN Dunkerque (D658) - planned for construction
 * MN Brittany (D659) - planned for construction
 * MN Picardy (D660) - planned for construction
 * MN Unnamed (D661) - planned for construction
 * MN Unnamed (D662) - planned for construction
 * MN Unnamed (D663) - planned for construction
 * MN Unnamed (D664) - planned for construction
 * MN Unnamed (D665) - planned for construction
 * MN Unnamed (D666) - planned for construction