French frigate 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	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)
Sensors and ; processing systems	Héraklès multi-purpose passive electronically scanned array radar; CAPTAS-4 towed-array sonar; UMS 4110 CL hull-mounted sonar;
Armament	1 x 76 mm Super Rapid gun; 3 x 20 mm Narwhal remote weapon systems; 16-cell SYLVER A43 VLS for Aster 15 air defense missiles; 16-cell SYLVER A70 VLS for MdCN cruise missiles; 8 x Exocet MM40 Block 3 anti-ship missiles (Block 3c variant entering service with the French Navy from December 2022); 2 x B-515 twin launchers for MU90 torpedoes;

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.

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