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HDMS Absalon (fore) and Normandie (rear) on 22 May 2021
History
French frigate NormandieFrance
NameNormandie
NamesakeNormandie
BuilderDCNS, Lorient
Laid down2014
Launched1 February 2018
Completed16 July 2019
Commissioned3 June 2020
HomeportBrest
Identification
  • MMSI number: 227999200
  • Pennant number: D651
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class and typeAquitaine-class frigate
Displacement6,000 tons
Length466 ft (142.0 m)
Beam65 ft (19.8 m)
Draught16 ft (4.9 m)
Propulsion
  • MTU Series 4000 (2.2 MW)
  • CODLOG
Speed27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph); max cruise speed 15.6 knots (28.9 km/h; 18.0 mph)
Range6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement145
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Héraklès multi-purpose passive electronically scanned array radar
  • CAPTAS-4 towed-array sonar
  • UMS 4110 CL hull-mounted sonar
Armament
  • 1 x 76 mm Super Rapid gun
  • 3 x 20 mm Narwhal remote weapon systems
  • 16-cell SYLVER A50 VLS for Aster 15 or Aster 30 air defense missiles
  • 16-cell SYLVER A70 VLS for MdCN cruise missiles
  • 8 x Exocet MM40 Block 3 anti-ship missiles (Block 3c variant entering service with the French Navy from December 2022)[1]
  • 2 x B-515 twin launchers for MU90 torpedoes
Aircraft carried1 × NH90 helicopter
Aviation facilitiesSingle hangar

Normandie (D651) is an Aquitaine-class frigate of the French Navy. The Aquitaine class were developed from the FREMM multipurpose frigate program.[2]

  1. ^ Vavasseur, Xavier (17 October 2022). "First Exocet MM40 Block 3c Missiles Set For December Delivery". Naval News. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Aquitaine class FREMM Frigate French Navy Marine Nationale". www.seaforces.org. Retrieved 2020-11-08.

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