French frigate Aquitaine

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Aquitaine.

Aquitaine moored in Bordeaux in 2013
History
France
Name	Aquitaine
Builder	DCNS, Lorient
Laid down	2007
Launched	29 April 2010
Completed	2012
Commissioned	23 November 2012
Identification	Pennant number D650
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class and type	Template:Sclass-
Displacement	6,000 tons
Length	466 ft (142.0 m)
Beam	65 ft (19.8 m)
Draught	16 ft (4.9 m)
Armament	1 x 76 mm (3 in) dual-purpose gun 3 x 20 mm (0.8 in) cannon 16 x Aster 15 surface-to-air missiles 16 x SCALP Naval land attack cruise missiles 8 x MM40 Exocet anti-ship missiles 2 x twin 324 mm (13 in) torpedo tubes

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.

Service

Aquitaine was developed as part of a joint Italian-French 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.

In April 2018 Aquitaine participated in the 2018 bombing of Damascus and Homs.