Aconit is a general purpose stealth frigate of the French Navy. Initially to be named Jauréguiberry, she is now the fourth French vessel named after the FNFL corvette Aconit.
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La Fayette-class frigate
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The La Fayette class is a class of general purpose frigates built by DCNS in the 1980s and 1990s, operated by the French Navy and three other navies. Derivatives of the type are in service in the navi
French frigate Aconit (F 713)
…corvette Aconit Fourragère of the Ordre de la Libération Fourragère of the Croix de Guerre Status In active service General characteristics Class & type La Fayette-class frigate Displacement 3,680 t (3,620 long tons) fully loaded (post-refit) Length 125 m (410 ft 1 in) Beam 15.4 m (50 ft 6 in) Draught 4.8 m (15 ft 9 in…
The French frigate Surcouf
The La Fayette type features very clean superstructures, as Courbet demonstrates
Cable deck of Surcouf, covered to reduce the radar signature; seamanship evolutions are completed through openings in the hull