French frigate Aquitaine explained

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.[1]

Service

Aquitaine was developed as part of a joint Franco-Italian program known as FREMM, which was implemented to develop a new class of frigates for use by various European navies. Construction on the ship began in 2007 and was completed in 2012.[2]

In April 2018 Aquitaine participated in the 2018 bombing of Damascus and Homs.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: La Marine réceptionne la FREMM Aquitaine. www.defense.gouv.fr. fr. 2018-04-14. 2018-04-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20180416120355/https://www.defense.gouv.fr/marine/a-la-une/la-marine-receptionne-la-fremm-aquitaine/. dead.
  2. Web site: Aquitaine Class Frigate Military-Today.com. ARG. www.military-today.com. 2018-04-14.
  3. News: U.S., U.K. and France Launch Strikes Against Syria. Youssef. Nancy A.. 2018-04-14. Wall Street Journal. 2018-04-14. Bender. Michael C.. en-US. 0099-9660.
  4. News: Weapons the US, UK and France used to target Syria. Brad . Lendon. CNN. 2018-04-14.

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