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Amiral Ronarc'h was ceremonially launched on 7 November 2022. The ship was partially launched by flooding her construction dock. The frigate was later towed by tugboats to the outfitting pier on the bank of Scorff River. [4] It had been planned to commission Amiral Ronarc'h in 2024.
As of February 2022, five ships have been ordered for the French Navy and will form the Amiral Ronarc'h class, with the lead ship expected to be commissioned in 2025. In 2021, three units were ordered by Greece for the Hellenic Navy and will form the Kimon-class. Amiral Ronarc'h, the lead ship of the class, was laid down on 17 December 2021. [5]
Admiral Ronarc'h in 1917. Pierre-Alexis Ronarc'h (French: [pjɛʁ alɛksi ʁɔnaʁ(k)]) was a French sailor and admiral, born on 22 November 1865 in Quimper and died 1 April 1940 in Paris. [1] He is notable for commanding the French Brigade de Fusiliers Marins at the Battle of the Yser in 1914 during the First World War. [2]
The French Navy does not use the term "destroyer" but rather classifies these vessels as "first-rate frigates". Nevertheless, they are identified with the NATO "D" designation which ranks them in the destroyer class, instead of ranking them with an "F" designation as frigates.
The French navy withheld his last name for security reasons. "So the frigate was able to fire a torpedo and destroy the submarine," he added — but not for real, of course.
One frigate of the new Amiral Ronarc'h class intermediate-size frigates (first ship on sea trials with additional vessels under construction): These vessels also carry hull-mounted and towed sonars as well as anti-submarine helicopters. Additionally they incoporate an air defence capability as well as anti-ship missiles.
This is a list of active French Navy ships. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The French Navy consists of nearly 100 vessels of the Force d'action navale (Naval action force) [ 4 ] and the 9 submarines of the Forces sous-marines (Submarine force).
French frigate Aimable (1776) French frigate Alcmène (1774) HMS Ambuscade (1773) HMS Amethyst (1793) French frigate Amiral Ronarc'h; HMS Antigua (1804) HMS Arethusa (1759) HMS Ariel (1777) French frigate Artémise (1794) French frigate Artémise (1828) French frigate Astrée (1809)