Design and configuration
The hull has a forward gun and missile area, enclosed superstructure and stern hangar. The aft flight deck supports an NH90 maritime helicopter.1
FORCETALLY
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French FREMM DA frigates add enhanced air-defence capability to the multimission FREMM design. Alsace and Lorraine retain anti-submarine functions alongside their air-defence equipment.
FranceTechnical data
FREMM
France : Naval Group Italy : Fincantieri
Italian Navy French Navy Egyptian Navy Royal Moroccan Navy United States Navy ( on order ) Hellenic Navy (2 ordered, +2 option) Portuguese Navy (+3 option)
Georges Leygues class (France) Cassard class (France) Lupo class (Italy) Maestrale class (Italy) Oliver Hazard Perry class (United States) Freedom class (United States) Independence class (United States)
FF(X) (United States)
Constellation class (United States)
France: € 670 million (2014) (equivalent to € 810.66 million in 2025) per unit Italy: € 598 million (2016) per unit Morocco: € 470 million (2014) (equivalent to € 568.67 million in 2025) per unit US: US$ 795 million (2020) (equivalent to US$ 946.64 million in 2024) for the first unit
2007–present
2012–present
66 (France: 17, Italy: 12, Morocco: 1, Egypt: 5, US: 20, Portugal: 3, Greece: 2)
9 (France), 18 (US)
22 (Italy: 10, France: 8, Morocco: 1, Egypt: 3)
Frigate
France: 6,000 t (5,900 long tons) Italy: 6,700 t (6,600 long tons) (5,500 tonnes, light displacement)
France: 142 m (465 ft 11 in) LOA Italy: 144.6 m (474 ft 5 in) LOA Italy: 132.5 m (434 ft 9 in) LPP
France: 20 m (65 ft 7 in) Italy: 19.7 m (64 ft 8 in)
France: 7.6 m (24 ft 11 in) Italy: 8.7 m (28 ft 7 in)
France: CODLOG Italy: CODLAG 1 × 32 MW General Electric/Avio LM2500+G4 gas turbine 2 × 2.5 MW Jeumont Electric electric motors 4 × diesel generators France: MTU Series 4000 (2.2 MW each) Italy: Isotta Fraschini VL 1716 (T2ME series by 2.15 MW each, on first two frigate; HPCR series by 2.8 MW each, since the third frigate) 2 × shafts , driving controllable pitch propellers 1 × 1 MW bow thruster
France: In excess of 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) Italy: In excess of 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
France: 6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) Italy: 6,800 nmi (12,600 km; 7,800 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
France: 145 Italy: 199 GP version / 201 ASW version
France: 123 crew on average including the air crew Italy: 131 GP version / 133 ASW version; add 14 crew for one helo on board or add 23 crew for two helicopters on board
France: Héraklès multi-purpose passive electronically scanned array radar Hull-mounted Thales USM 4110 sonar CAPTAS-4 towed system combining low-frequency active sonar and passive array Italy: Leonardo Kronos Grand Naval (MFRA) active electronically scanned array radar; Thales UMS 4110 CL hull sonar; Thales UMS 4249 CAPTAS-4 towed sonar (on Italian ASW variants)
France: 1 × NH90 and 1 × Schiebel Camcopter S-100 unmanned air system Italy: 2 × SH90 or 1 × SH90 and 1 × AW101 (armed with MU 90 torpedoes or MBDA Marte Mk2/S missiles)
France: single hangar Italy: double hangar
Italy: 1 x RHIB SOLAS (Hatecke 7.5 m), 1 x RHIB Zodiac Hurricane 9.35 m and 1 RHIB CABAT 11 m on the stern
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The system in detail
The hull has a forward gun and missile area, enclosed superstructure and stern hangar. The aft flight deck supports an NH90 maritime helicopter.1
Naval Group identifies Aster, Exocet and MU90 systems with the SETIS combat-management suite. Additional operator consoles support the enhanced air-defence configuration.1
This page concerns French FREMM DA. Italian FREMM variants and French land-attack ASW ships have different weapons and machinery arrangements.1
The range is stated at fifteen knots. Do not pair it with maximum speed, and distinguish core crew from accommodation capacity when comparing manpower.1
FREMM equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
EgyptNaval inventory of the source class and listed configurations; excludes orders and construction. Source-year holdings, not immediately deployable strength.
FranceNaval inventory of the source class and listed configurations; excludes orders and construction. Source-year holdings, not immediately deployable strength.
ItalyNaval inventory of the source class and listed configurations; excludes orders and construction. Source-year holdings, not immediately deployable strength.
MoroccoItalian Navy French Navy Egyptian Navy Royal Moroccan Navy United States Navy ( on order ) Hellenic Navy (2 ordered, +2 option) Portuguese Navy (+3 option)
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