French frigate Aconit (F 713)
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Name | Aconit |
Namesake | French corvette Aconit |
Laid down | 5 August 1996 |
Launched | 8 June 1997 |
Commissioned | 6 June 1999 |
Renamed | laid down as Jauréguiberry, renamed Aconit in 1996 |
Homeport | Toulon |
Identification | Pennant number F 713 |
Honours and awards |
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Status | In active service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | La Fayette-class frigate |
Displacement | |
Length | 125 m (410 ft 1 in) |
Beam | 15.4 m (50 ft 6 in) |
Draught | 4.8 m (15 ft 9 in) |
Propulsion | |
Speed | 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) |
Range | 7,000 nmi (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 141 |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys |
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Armament |
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Armour | On sensitive areas (munition magazine and control centre) |
Aircraft carried | 1 × helicopter (Panther or NH90) |
Aconit is a general purpose stealth frigate of the French Navy. Initially to be named Jauréguiberry, she is now the fourth French vessel named after the FNFL corvette Aconit.
Service history
She took part in the action of 9 April 2009.
Based in Toulon, the frigate was reported active in the Mediterranean as of 2021, taking part in the Mare Aperto exercises with the Italian Navy in October.[1]
In September 2022, the frigate deployed to the Indian Ocean participating in exercises with the Egyptian Navy en route.[2]
Aconit is scheduled to complete a life extension upgrade by 2023 and to remain in service until 2034.[3]
References
- ^ "Aconit takes part in MARE APERTO". SeaWaves Magazine.[dead link]
- ^ "L'Aconit coopère avec la Marine égyptienne" (in French). Marine nationale. 27 September 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
- ^ Groizeleau, Vincent (1 February 2021). "Marine nationale : Les programmes qui vont façonner la future flotte française". Mer et Marine (in French). Retrieved 18 October 2022.