DCNS Delivers the FREMM Frigate Aquitaine to the French Navy · Chronopin

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Starts 11/23/2012 CONFIRMED 87% CONFIDENCEWikipedia's^[2] French frigate Aquitaine article records DCNS commissioning the lead FREMM frigate into the French Navy on 23 November 2012.

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DCNS Delivers the FREMM Frigate Aquitaine to the French Navy

DCNS handed over the Aquitaine, the lead ship of France's FREMM-class multi-mission frigates, to the French Navy. The 142-meter, 6,000-tonne frigate was built at DCNS's Lorient shipyard.

The Aquitaine (D650), lead ship of the French Navy's FREMM (Aquitaine-class) frigates, was built by DCNS at Lorient, laid down in 2007 and launched on 29 April 2010^[2]
It was commissioned into the French Navy on 23 November 2012^[2]
It displaces 6,000 tons and measures 142.0 m long with a 19.8 m beam^[2]
Armament includes a 76 mm gun, 16 SYLVER A43 cells for Aster 15 missiles, 16 SYLVER A70 cells for MdCN cruise missiles, and 8 Exocet MM40 Block 3^[2]
It was developed under the joint Franco-Italian FREMM programme and took part in the April 2018 strikes on Syria^[2]

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youtube.com/watch?v=lYz16Gjz60I
youtube.com· Posted Sep 15, 2026· Starts Nov 23, 2012 ✓· 50% of score
Wikipedia's^[2] French frigate Aquitaine article records DCNS commissioning the lead FREMM frigate into the French Navy on 23 November 2012.
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French frigate Aquitaine - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org· Added Sep 15, 2026· Starts Nov 23, 2012· Ends Nov 23, 2012 ✓· 50% of score
Wikipedia's article on the French frigate Aquitaine documents her as the lead ship of the FREMM-class, built by DCNS at Lorient, launched 29 April 2010 and commissioned into the French Navy on 23 November 2012, matching the 142m/6000-tonne multi-mission frigate shown in the FD Engineering documentary.
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DCNS delivers first FREMM frigate to French Navy
naval-technology.com· Published Nov 23, 2012· 0% of score
Reports Aquitaine delivery.^[1]

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