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On September 13, 2021, the Directorate General for Armaments (DGA) took delivery of the new installations of the first renovated La Fayette (FLF) -type Frigate, the Courbet , after a sea trial campaign. This program will see three ships modernized: Courbet followed by La Fayette and then Aconit. Fourth class member Surcouf is now part of the Mission Jeanne d’Arc…
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Launched in 2020, the quadripartite initiative brings together Cyprus, France, Italy and Greece. Its objective is to strengthen the naval and air presence in the eastern Mediterranean to reaffirm the attachment of these countries to respect for international law, including the law of the sea. Beginning on October 4 in Cyprus, exercise EUNOMIA 21 brought together the French frigate Aconit…
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On August 5, 2021, the La Fayette-type frigate (FLF) Aconit set sail from its base port of Toulon for the eastern Mediterranean (MEDOR) to conduct its second deployment of the year. Regenerated by a technical stoppage of three months, the Aconite and her crew reached for the fifth time an area of operations that they know well, barely six months…
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October 9, 2020 (Google Translation) – On October 5, 2020, the La Fayette (FLF) Courbet- type frigate landed on the tins line of the Castigneau 3 basin, in the Toulon naval base. This maneuver marks the launch of the renovation-upgrade program which will benefit three of the five French Navy FLFs: Courbet , La Fayette and Aconit . This will…
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August 6, 2020 (Google Translation) – On April 17, the type frigate La Fayette (FLF) Aconit left Toulon for a deployment in the central and eastern Mediterranean. Customary to the area, the Aconite embarked for the occasion a detachment of the 36F flotilla and its Panther helicopter . The crew was mainly engaged in direct support of Operation CHAMMAL in…
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June 17, 2020 (Google Translation) – Deployed in the Mediterranean, the Jeanne d’Arc 2020 group, made up of the amphibious helicopter carrier Mistral and the frigate La Fayette Guépratte and the frigate Aconit, were engaged in associated support for two separate but concomitant maritime missions: the operation of the European Union called IRINI and that of NATO called Sea Guardian.…
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