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Ensign of France.svg Naval Ensign of Italy.svgFREMM class
Italian frigate Carlo Bergamini (F590)
Italian frigate Carlo Bergamini (F590)
Overview
Type frigate
units 8 France 10 Italy 1 Morocco 1 Egypt 1 (+9) United StatesFranceFrance 
ItalyItaly 
MoroccoMorocco 
EgyptEgypt 
United StatesUnited States 
Shipyard

Fincantieri , DCN , Thales , Leonardo

delivery Since 2012
period of service

Since 2013

Technical specifications
Still under construction (as of October 2008)
displacement

Maximum: 6900 ts

length

144.4 m

width

19.7 m

Draft

5 m

crew

145 (max. 165)

drive

( CODLOG or CODLAG ) Ensign of France.svg Naval Ensign of Italy.svg

speed

27 kn (gas turbines), 15.5 kn ( electric motors ), Naval Ensign of Italy.svg29 kn (CODLAG)

Range

6000 nm at 15 kn

Armament
  • SILVER VLS starter with 16 or 32 cells for
  • MdCN cruise missile (16 cells, GP / LA version only)
  • Ensign of France.svgRocket launcher for Exocet
  • Naval Ensign of Italy.svg Rocket launcher for Teseo Mk.2 / A anti-ship missiles
  • Ensign of France.svg Naval Ensign of Italy.svg1 or 2 × 76/62 Compact , 2 × 25/80 mm
  • Naval Ensign of Italy.svg1 × 127/64 Lightweight (Italian GP / LA version, with Vulcano ammunition up to 120 km)
  • Torpedo tubes: 2 × 2 324 mm (GP / LA) or 2 × 3 324 mm (ASW) ( MU90 torpedo )
  • Torpedo missile system "MILAS" (ASW)
  • Torpedo defense system "SLAT"
  • Sclar-H decoy
Management electronics
helicopter

Two NH90 or 1 NH90 + 1 AW101

FREMM is a series of frigates that France and Italy have been building since 2007 in a joint project for their respective naval forces and for export. The term FREMM is the French Fré gate M Ultimatum M ission or Italian Fri gata M Ultimatum M issione .

Versions

The FREMM frigates are a variant of the Franco-Italian command and air defense ships of the Horizon project . The FREMM frigates are built in two versions: "ASW" ( Anti Submarine Warfare , in France: "ASM") and "GP / LA" ( General Purpose / Land Attack , in France: "AVT" - Action Vers la Terre ) . The French Armaris consortium (consisting of the Thales Group and DCN ) began building a total of eleven FREMM frigates for the French Navy in 2007 . Originally, 17 ships were planned, eight of them ASM and nine AVT. They were originally both frigates classes Tourville and Georges Leygues , and the Corvette Class D'Estienne d'Orves replace.

In Italy , ten FREMM frigates (4 ASW and 6 GP / LA) were commissioned from Orizzonte Sistemi Navali , a consortium consisting of Fincantieri and Leonardo-Finmeccanica ( Leonardo from 2017). According to original plans, the new ships in the Italian Navy should replace the frigates of the Maestrale class and the Artigliere class . With the influx of the FREMM frigates, however, smaller units such as corvettes are initially decommissioned and the frigates of the Maestrale and Artigliere classes are used a little longer and then replaced by larger patrol ships.

Since no further ships have been ordered from the Horizon class for financial reasons, an anti-aircraft variant of the FREMM frigates is now being planned , which in France is known as FREDA (Frégates de défense aériennes) . If a vertical launching system of the Sylver A50 type (instead of A43) is installed in the two original versions , Aster 30 rockets can also be fired. Thanks to these longer range missiles and a new, active version of the Empar multifunction radar , the standard versions of the frigates also become fully functional anti-aircraft ships . With the VLS system Sylver A70 GP / LA ships can cruise missiles of the type MDCN use.

units

FranceFrance France - Aquitaine class

Eight ships were ordered on November 16, 2005. In its 2008 Defense White Paper, the French government announced that it would limit itself to a total of eleven instead of the previously planned 17 units. Nine ships should initially be built in the ASW / ASM version, the last two units in the air defense variant FREDA as a replacement for the two destroyers of the Cassard class . The order for the last three frigates was placed on October 8, 2009 on the occasion of the keel-laying of Normandy .

The first eight units are named after French regions. The Aquitaine was delivered to the Navy nationale in 2012 and is still being tested until it is commissioned. As announced by the government in mid-2013, the production rate will be extended to one ship every 14 months for budget reasons, ships 7 and 8 are already being built in the FREDA version instead of ASW frigates.

The last two ASW units, ships 5 and 6, have instead of the two A43 launchers those of the A50 type, from which the Aster 30 missiles can be fired in addition to the Aster 15. The reason is an improved air defense capability, which would arise from a capability gap in the Marine Nationale in the time between the decommissioning of the Cassard class and the commissioning of the two FREDA units.

The sale of the first Normandy led to the rescheduling so that instead of Brittany, the second Normandy was implemented in the FREDA version.

The configuration of the last three units, which will be delivered between 2013 and 2025, will be determined in 2016; if necessary there will be technical innovations.

Identifier Surname Keel laying Shipyard Launch Commissioning variant home port
D650 Aquitaine December 15, 2007 DCNS , Lorient April 29, 2010 2nd December 2015 ASM Brest
D651 Normandy (1) October 8, 2009 DCNS, Lorient October 18, 2012 to Egypt as Tahya Misr (FFG-1001) ASM
D652 Provence December 15, 2010 DCNS 18th September 2013 June 9, 2016 ASM Brest
D653 Languedoc November 30, 2011 DCNS July 12, 2014 4th July 2017 ASM Toulon
D654 Auvergne August 2012 DCNS 2nd September 2015 February 14, 2018 ASM Toulon
D655 Brittany October 2013 DCNS 16th September 2016 18th July 2018 ASM Brest
D651 Normandy (2) 2014 DCNS 1st February 2018 3rd June 2020 ASM Brest
D656 Alsace June 2016 DCNS 2019 2021 FREDA Toulon
D657 Lorraine DCNS 2022 FREDA Toulon

ItalyItaly Italy - Bergamini class

The first two of the ten planned frigates were ordered in 2005, four more followed in 2008, two more in 2013, and the last two in 2015. The Italian ships are designed for the use of the Aster 30 missiles. A large part of the costs of the FREMM program is covered by the Italian Ministry of Economic Affairs , which wants to help the ailing shipbuilding industry in Liguria . The Italian FREMM are built at the Fincantieri shipyard in Riva Trigoso , the bow sections are prefabricated in neighboring Muggiano . The first three frigates put into service were stationed in La Spezia ( 1ª Divisione navale ) , the stationing of five ships each in La Spezia and Taranto is planned.

Identifier Surname Keel laying Launch Commissioning variant
F590 Carlo Bergamini February 4, 2008 July 16, 2011 May 29, 2013 GP / LA
F591 Virginio Pheasant May 17, 2009 March 31, 2012 19th December 2013 ASW
F592 Carlo Margottini April 21, 2010 June 29, 2013 February 27, 2014 ASW
F593 Carabiniere April 6, 2011 March 29, 2014 April 28, 2015 ASW
F594 Alpino February 23, 2012 December 13, 2014 September 30, 2016 ASW
F595 Luigi Rizzo March 5, 2013 19th December 2015 April 20, 2017 GP / LA
F596 Federico Martinengo 5th June 2014 4th March 2017 April 24, 2018 GP / LA
F597 Antonio Marceglia February 25, 2015 3rd February 2018 April 16, 2019 GP / LA
F598 Spartaco Schergat February 2017 January 26, 2019 2020 (planned) GP / LA
F599 Emilio Bianchi January 2018 January 25, 2020 2021 (planned) GP / LA

In terms of name, the first six ships are in the succession of the Bergamini and Alpino classes . The Carabiniere frigate was launched in 2014 because the Carabinieri celebrated their 200th anniversary this year.

Since 2019 there have been plans to sell the last two of the 10 FREMMs ordered by the Italian Navy to the Navy of Egypt . The Italian Navy is to receive two new FREMM for these two FREMMs to be sold.

MoroccoMorocco Morocco - Aquitaine class

The Moroccan Navy ordered an ASW frigate in 2007. The Mohammed VI (identification D601) is the second ship originally intended for the French Navy. The ship was put into service in Brest on January 30, 2014 .

Identifier Surname Shipyard Keel laying Launch Commissioning variant home port
701 Mohammed VI DCNS , Lorient 2008 September 14, 2011 January 30, 2014 ASM Ksar es-Seghir

EgyptEgypt Egypt - Aquitaine class

On February 16, 2015 signed Egypt a contract for the purchase of 24 Dassault Rafale - multi-role combat aircraft with MICA -air air guided weapons and Storm Shadow cruise missiles and buying a FREMM frigate. Since the frigate is required for the opening of the expansion of the Suez Canal on August 5, 2015, French Normandy was handed over on June 24, 2015. Three French Rafales are also to be delivered in advance from the aircraft for the opening ceremony.

Identifier Surname Shipyard Keel laying Launch Commissioning variant home port
FFG-001 Tahya Mirs DCNS , Lorient October 8, 2009 October 12, 2012 June 24, 2015 ASM
F598 Spartaco Schergat February 2017 January 26, 2019 2020 (planned) GP / LA
F599 Emilio Bianchi January 2018 January 25, 2020 2021 (planned) GP / LA

United StatesUnited States United States - FFG (X) program

A version designed on the basis of the Italian ASW-FREMM according to US requirements was selected by the United States Navy for its FFG (X) program on April 30, 2020 . The FREMM version for the US Navy will be slightly larger with a displacement of 7,500 tons and will also have a more powerful drive. The sensors include, among others, a baseline 10 Aegis-fighting system and a AN / SPY-6 (V) 3 - Multi-function radar , the effectors, a RAM - short range defense system , 16 Naval Strike Missiles , a Mark 41 Vertical Launching System with 32 cells and a 57 mm -Mk 110 - naval gun . A frigate of this type has been firmly ordered, there are options for nine more, a total of 20 ships are planned. They are built by Fincantieri's subsidiary Marinette Marine in Wisconsin , and a number of components are supplied from Italy. The first ship is scheduled for delivery in 2026.

photos

  • Concept art
  • FREMM-DCN.svg
  • FREMM.svg
  • FREMM.jpg

Web links

Commons : FREMM  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Data on FREMM on the Fincantieri website
  2. ↑ Information on FREMM on NationalMaster
  3. ↑ defensenews.com on new French Armaments planning  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.defensenews.com  
  4. ^ Last two French FREMM ASW frigates prepared for Aster 30 missile, Janes, October 8, 2018
  5. ↑ French Navy puts second FREMM frigate to the test with inaugural deployment, Janes, March 6, 2016 ( Memento of the original from March 9, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.janes.com
  6. ^ La FREMM Languedoc et le B2M Champlain admis au service actif. July 6, 2017. Retrieved July 6, 2017 .
  7. ↑ La construction de la FREMM Alsace a débuté. September 21, 2016, accessed on September 21, 2016 (French).
  8. ↑ La Bretagne déployée pour la première fois en mission opérationnelle. September 12, 2018, accessed September 15, 2018 (French).
  9. ↑ https://www.meretmarine.com/fr/content/naval-group-met-leau-sa-8eme-fremm
  10. ↑ La Normandie admise actif au service. September 12, 2018, accessed June 4, 2020 (French).
  11. ↑ Fincantieri kicks-off Construction of 7th Fremm Ship
  12. ↑ Modifiche e qualche ritocco per le FREMM, analisidifesa.it
  13. ↑ Launchin Ceremony FREMM Marceglia 3rd February 2018 . Retrieved February 3, 2018.
  14. ↑ Launch of the Carabinieres in the 200th year of the Carabinieri 's existence , dedalonews.it, March 29, 2014 ( Memento of the original from April 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dedalonews.it
  15. ↑ Pietro Batacchi: FREMM all'Egitto, importanti novità - Fincantieri conferma rimpiazzo unità Italian Navy. Rivista Italiana Difesa, June 10, 2020
  16. ↑ To the order of Morocco ( Memento of November 17, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  17. ^ Egypt orders Rafale fighter aircraft . ( Memento of the original from February 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Jane's Information Group.Retrieved February 14, 2015  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.janes.com
  18. ↑ First Rafale export order after a long streak of bad luck . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung ; accessed on February 16, 2015
  19. ^ Au Caire, la France et l'Égypte signed le contrat du Rafale . In: Le Figaro (French); accessed on February 16, 2015.
  20. ↑ Egypt receives its first FREMM frigate, Janes, June 24, 2015
  21. ^ Egypt officially signs for 24 Rafales, FREMM frigate, and missiles . ( Memento of the original from February 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Jane's Information Group. Retrieved February 17, 2015.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.janes.com
  22. ↑ Fremm all'Egitto, ecco cosa avrà la Marina da Fincantieri, Quadrimestrale Start Magazine, Marzo-Giugno 2020, June 15, 2020, [1]
  23. ↑ Pressure on Italy to scrap planned arms deal with Egypt, Activists decry move to sell two frigates to Egypt even as 2016 murder of Italian student near Cairo remains unresolved. by Virginia Pietromarchi, Al Jazeera , June 18, 2020, [2]
  24. ^ David B. Larter: 5 things you should know about the US Navy's new frigate. defensenews.com, May 5, 2020