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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.[3]
 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 | Aquitaine-class frigate |
| Displacement | 6,000 tons |
| Length | 466 ft (142.0 m) |
| Beam | 65 ft (19.8 m) |
| Draught | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
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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.[3][4]
In April 2018 Aquitaine participated in the April 2018 missile strikes against Syria.[5][6]
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