Aquitaine-class Frigate

The Aquitaine at port on December 14^th, 2013.

The Aquitaine-class frigates are a class of twelve frigates that make up the French version of the Franco-Italian FREMM Frigate program. The Aquitaine-class will replace the three Tourville and seven Georges Leygues-class destroyers, and four Cassard-class air warfare destroyers.

The Egyptian and Moroccan navies both operate one each while the Hellenic Navy will operate six.

Specifications[edit | edit source]

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 NH90 maritime, can carry the AgustaWestland AW101 Merlin, Eurocopter AS532 Cougar, or Eurocopter EC725 Caracal