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History
France
Name Aconit
Namesake
French corvette Aconit
Laid down 5 August 1996
Launched 8 June 1997
Commissioned 6 June 1999
Renamed laid down as Jauréguiberry , renamed Aconit in 1996
Homeport
Toulon
Identification
Pennant number F 713
Honours and awards
Status In active service
General characteristics
Class and type
La Fayette -class
frigate
Displacement 3,680 t (3,620 long tons) fully loaded (post-refit)
[1]
Length 125 m (410 ft 1 in)
Beam 15.4 m (50 ft 6 in)
Draught 4.8 m (15 ft 9 in)
Propulsion
4 × SEMT Pielstick 12PA6V280 STC2 diesel engines
16,000
kW (21,000
hp )
Speed 25
knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Range 7,000
nmi (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement 170+;
[2] around 6 additional personnel to be embarked on
Aconit post-upgrade
[3]
Sensors and processing systems
1 × Air/Surface DRBV 15C sentry radar
1 x SENIT FLF combat management system (replaced previous Thales TAVITAC CMS during 2023 refit)
[4]
1 × firing control radar for the 100 mm gun
1 × DRBN34 navigation radar
1 × DRBN34 landing radar
1 x KingKlip Mk 2 hull-mounted sonar (fit during 2023 refit)
Electronic warfare & decoys
1 × Saïgon ARBG 1 radio interceptor
1 × ARBR 21 radar interceptor
2 × Dagaie Mk2
chaff launcher
1 × AN/
SLQ-25 Nixie tugged noise maker
1 ×
Prairie-Masker noise reduction system
1 × Syracuse II
1 × Inmarsat
CANTO anti-torpedo countermeasures (fit during 2023 refit)
[7]
[8]
[9]
Armament
Armour On sensitive areas (munition magazine and control centre)
Aircraft carried 1 × helicopter (
Panther or
NH90 )
Aconit is a general purpose
stealth
frigate of the
French Navy . Initially to be named
Jauréguiberry , she is now the fourth French vessel named after the
FNFL corvette
Aconit .
Service history
She took part in the
action of 9 April 2009 .
Based in
Toulon , the frigate was reported active in the Mediterranean as of 2021, taking part in the Mare Aperto
exercises with the
Italian Navy in October.
[10]
In September 2022, the frigate deployed to the Indian Ocean participating in exercises with the
Egyptian Navy en route.
[11] From November 25 to December 8, the frigate was engaged in joint "Pearl of the West" exercises between French forces based in the
United Arab Emirates and the
Kuwaiti Armed Forces .
[12] The frigate returned to her base at Toulon on 22 December 2022.
[13]
Upgrade
Aconit began a major life extension upgrade in February 2023.
[14] The upgrade is designed to permit the frigate to operate through the 2020s and into the 2030s and incorporates the addition of hull-mounted sonar, improved point air defence systems, the CANTO anti-torpedo countermeasures system, as well as the capacity to deploy the latest variant of the Exocet anti-ship missile.
[15]
[4] The ship was in dry dock until July and was then relaunched.
[16] She is returned to sea in October and is projected to be fully operational again in early 2024, remaining active until 2034.
[17]
[18]
[19]
References
^ Groizeleau, Vincent (28 November 2022).
"La frégate La Fayette de nouveau opérationnelle après sa rénovation" . Mer et Marine . Retrieved 29 November 2022 .
^
"La Fayette Class Frigate" . Naval Technology . 3 May 2001.
^ Vavasseur, Xavier (3 February 2023).
"French Mission Jeanne D'Arc 2023 To Sail Across Indo-Pacific" . Naval News .
^
a
b Vavasseur, Xavier (18 October 2021).
"First Upgraded la Fayette-class Frigate back into the French Fleet" . Naval News .
^ Vavasseur, Xavier (17 October 2022).
"First Exocet MM40 Block 3c Missiles Set For December Delivery" . Naval News . Retrieved 29 November 2022 .
^ Groizeleau, Vincent (15 April 2021).
"Première FLF rénovée, la frégate Courbet remise à l'eau" . Mer et Marine (in French). Retrieved 26 April 2021 .
^ Manaranche, Martin (31 July 2021).
"Video: French Navy's La Fayette-Class Frigate Mid-Life Update" . Naval News . Retrieved 31 August 2021 .
^ Vavasseur, Xavier (18 July 2019).
"Naval Group Ready To Produce CANTO Anti-Torpedo System In Australia" . Naval News . Retrieved 31 August 2021 .
^ Vavasseur, Xavier (17 October 2022).
"Here Is Naval Group's New Torpedo Decoy Launcher" . Naval News . Retrieved 18 October 2022 .
^
"Aconit takes part in MARE APERTO" . SeaWaves Magazine . Archived from
the original on 2021-11-02. Retrieved 2021-11-02 .
^
"L'Aconit coopère avec la Marine égyptienne" (in French). Marine nationale. 27 September 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022 .
^
"FFEAU – Début de l'exercice interarmées franco-koweïtien Pearl of the West" [FFEAU – Start of the Franco-Kuwaiti joint exercise Pearl of the West] (in French). Ministère des Armées. 1 December 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2023 .
^
"Bilan du déploiement de la FLF Aconit en océan Indien" (in French). Marine nationale. 3 January 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2023 .
^ Groizeleau, Vincent (10 February 2023).
"Naval Group débute la rénovation de la frégate Aconit" . Mer et Marine . Retrieved 10 February 2023 .
^ Manaranche, Martin (31 July 2021).
"Video: French Navy's La Fayette-Class Frigate Mid-Life Update" . Naval News . Retrieved 28 August 2021 .
^
"Retour à la mer imminent pour l'Aconit" . Ministère des Armées (in French). 3 August 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2023 .
^ Groizeleau, Vincent (4 October 2023).
"La frégate Aconit reprend la mer" (in French). Retrieved 4 October 2023 .
^ Groizeleau, Vincent (1 February 2021).
"Marine nationale : Les programmes qui vont façonner la future flotte française" . Mer et Marine (in French). Retrieved 18 October 2022 .
^
"3ème et dernière rénovation des FLF : l'Aconit entre au bassin; Ministère des Armées" (in French). 15 February 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2023 .
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