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This is a list of frigates in service with the French Navy as of 2024: ... List of French modern frigates; References This page was last edited on 17 ...
The list of French modern frigates covers ships acquired or built between 1925 and the present day. This list is not comprehensive. In France, "destroyers" are called "contre-torpilleurs" or "first rank frigates"; hence, destroyer-size ships might be listed here. During the 1940s, frigate-size ships were called "torpilleurs". Bourrasque class ...
The French Navy does not use the term "destroyer". While officially classed as "frigates", the larger major surface combatants of the first rank are nevertheless registered as destroyers (with hull numbers "Dxxx"; though, as of 2023, French Navy vessels are incrementally having hull numbers removed from display on all ships). [10] [11]
F125 Baden-Württemberg class - 4 ships, in service by 2017 (replacing Bremen class) F126 MKS-180 (Mehrzweckkampfschiff 180) - 4 ordered, 2 in option, to enter service by 2028, to replace the F123 Brandenburg-class. F127 Future Air Defender - 4 to be ordered and replace the F124 Sachsen-class frigate, to enter service in the 2030s.
Alsace was developed as part of a joint Italian-French program known as FREMM, which was implemented to develop a new class of frigates for use by various European navies. Constructed from 2016. On 18 April 2019, the frigate Alsace was launched. She began sea trials in October 2020 [13] and was delivered to French Navy in April 2021. [14]
The list of frigate classes in service includes all those currently with navies or armed forces and auxiliaries in the world. Ships are grouped by type, and listed alphabetically within. Beihai Type 053H, 053H1, 053H2, 053H1Q, 053H1G frigate (NATO codename Jianghu I, II, III, IV, V) Builders: China (Jiangnan Shipyard and Hudong Shipyard in ...
List of frigate classes in service; List of frigate classes by country * List of River-class frigates; Lists of sail frigates; D. ... List of French modern frigates;
La Fayette began a major life extension upgrade in October 2021. 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.