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The Frégate de Défense et d'Intervention (English: Defence and Intervention Frigate) or FDI, [4] formerly denominated Frégate de Taille Intermédiaire (English: Medium-Size Frigate) or FTI, is a programme launched in 2015 to produce a new class of first-rank French frigates to complement the Aquitaine-class.
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. However, delays in her fitting out and the start of sea trials pushed back her likely commissioning and full entry into service into 2025. [ 10 ]
The Kimon class, also known as the FDI HN, is a frigate class for the Hellenic Navy. The FDI HN is a more heavily armed version of the French frigates . The lead ship is expected to be commissioned in early 2025.
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).
The FDI program follows on the construction of 8 FREMM multipurpose frigates for the navy, the first of which was delivered in 2012 and the last in 2022. [17] In 2015 the order of FREMM-class units was reduced to 8 ships and it was decided to proceed with the purchase of FDI medium-size frigates instead. [18] [19]
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.
Constructed from 2012. The frigate Auvergne was launched on 2 September 2015 and commissioned in 2018. In late 2021/early 2022, just prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the frigate deployed to the Black Sea for exercises with the Bulgarian and other NATO navies. [7] The frigate departed the Black Sea prior to the outbreak of hostilities.
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]