"FREMM Normandie next generation multi-mission frigate" Topic

"Navy Recognition recently had the unique opportunity to get onboard the French Navy's next state of the art frigate, the Normandie, while the ship was conducting sea trials off Toulon naval base in the Mediterranean. We already got the chance to get aboard Normandie while the vessel had just been floated out of dry-dock in Lorient, but this time it is a fully completed and functional frigate we got the chance to tour.

In November 2012, DCNS delivered the FREMM Aquitaine, the first unit in the series of FREMM multi-mission frigates. The second unit in the program, the Mohammed VI, was delivered to the Royal Moroccan Navy on 30 January 2014. Normandie is the third unit in the program (and second ship of the French Navy's Aquitaine class).

Normandie's mediterranean sea trials goals revolve mainly around the combat management system of the frigate. Thanks to the "shore integration facility" (SIF) of the French Procurement Agency (DGA) based in Saint Mandrier near Toulon, many systems on board the vessel are put to the test. For example, the engineers verify that the frigate's electronic warfare support measure (ESM) suite detects all shore based radars at the SIF…"
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Nice ship!

Amicalement
Armand

That's a rather elegant-looking ship!

I wonder how well she fights?

Glad you like it my friend.

Amicalement
Armand