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At the invitation of Canada, the multi-mission frigate (FREMM) Aquitaine has been participating since September 7 in the 2021 edition of the CUTLASS FURY maritime exercise. This combined training is the largest annual multi-battle exercise for the Canadian Navy on the Atlantic coast. This type of exercise makes it possible to strengthen operational partnerships and interoperability in very specific fields,…
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(Google Translation) – On Thursday, July 15, 2021, the Indian frigate Tabar set sail from Brest after a four-day stopover. The Aquitaine multi-mission frigate (FREMM) and the Indian frigate then carried out numerous exercises in the Brest approaches over two days. Tactical evolutions, presentation maneuvers for refueling at sea, joint anti-submarine and anti-aircraft combat exercises notably punctuated this mutual training…
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May 12, 2021 (Google Translation) – During its operational refresher training (RANO), the multi-mission frigate (FREMM) Aquitaine successfully conducted, Wednesday, May 5, 2021, an exercise firing of the MU90 torpedo. The A crew of the FREMM Aquitaine regained possession of the frigate on Saturday 24 April. The RANO course organized for his benefit by the training division of the Naval…
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April 22, 2020 (Google Translation) – Released for the first time at sea on April 18, 2011, the Frigate multi-missions (FREMM) Aquitaine has just celebrated its ten years of navigation. Head of series of the Franco-Italian FREMM program conducted within the Joint Organization for Cooperation in Armaments (OCCAR), Aquitaine is recognized for its versatility and flexibility of use. Now seven…
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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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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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