March 25, 2021 (Google Translation) – In mid-March, the multi-mission frigate (FREMM) Aquitaine carried out a Refueling at Sea (RAS) in the middle of the North Atlantic with RFA Tiderace, its overseas partner, admitted to active service in 2018. This refueling is a great novelty since it is the first refueling of a FREMM by the Tiderace. This RAM was…
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FREMM Aquitaine Deploys to Northern Waters
March 11, 2021 (Google Translation) – On Thursday March 4, crew B of the Aquitaine Multi-Mission Frigate (FREMM) set sail from Brest. After a last goodbye to the families who had come to drop off the sailors at the foot of the cutaway, the crew headed north. He will participate in the Norwegian exercise Task Group 21.2, a multi-fight training,…
Read MoreAquitaine Trains in North Atlantic
October 5, 2020 (Google Translation) – Throughout the month of September, the A crew of the multi-mission frigate (FREMM) Aquitaine carried out a presence mission in the Baltic Sea and the Atlantic, a strategic area at the heart of a new power game. On September 4, the FREMM Aquitaine , currently armed by crew A, set sail from its port-base…
Read MoreAquitaine Completes GIUK Trials
July 23, 2020 (Google Translation) – As part of its Far North mission, the multi-mission frigate (FREMM) Aquitaine contributed to the safety and knowledge of the Far North, by pre-positioning itself north of the GIUK (Greenland, Iceland, UK) and at sea from Norway. This area in perpetual evolution, represents today a strategic interest because more and more coveted since the…
Read MoreAquitaine Trains with Royal Norwegian Navy
June 17, 2020 (Google Translation) – On Tuesday 09 June 2020, the multi-mission frigate Aquitaine conducted its last exercises with the Norwegian building KNM Thor Heyerdal , thus completing a period of 4 weeks of intense cooperation. The two vessels were found for the first time at sea in early May, in order to conduct an anti-submarine exercise in the…
Read MoreAquitaine Attends Battle of Narvik 80th Anniversary
June 3, 2020 (Google Translation) – During her deployment in the North Atlantic, on May 28, 2020, the frigate Aquitaine made an anchorage in Narvik bay. She carried the French flag on the occasion of 80 th anniversary commemorations of the Battle of Narvik, alongside the frigate HNoMS Thor Heryerdal and Norwegian patrol vessel KV Hardstat . This battle historically…
Read MoreAquitaine Back in the Arctic
May 29, 2020 (Google Translation) – After participating in an anti-submarine combat exercise in the Atlantic Ocean, crew B of the multi-mission frigate (FREMM) Aquitaine is now deployed in the far north. This deployment is unique for the crew, which has known its first operational mission since its creation in August 2019, after a cycle of qualifications. On this occasion,…
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