French Aquitaine-class frigate Auvergne makes port call in Turkey.

According to information published by Cecmed on May 2, 2022, the French Aquitaine-class frigate Auvergne made a port call in Antalya, Turkey, to begin the deployment of the frigate in Eastern Mediterranea.
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Aquitaine-class frigate Auvergne (Picture source: French Navy)

Auvergne (D654) is an Aquitaine-class frigate of the French Navy. On 2 September 2015, the frigate Auvergne was launched.

The FREMM program consists of the construction of 18 ships including 8 for France and 10 for Italy. In France, the class is known as the Aquitaine class, while in Italy they are known as the Bergamini class. The FREMM is designed to be used as Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASM/ASW), Anti-Air Warfare (FREDA), and General Purpose (GP) ships.

The frigate has a length of 142 meters, a width of 20 meters, and a displacement of 6000 tons. She can reach a top speed of 27 knots and can carry up a crew of 123 people and 14 people for the helicopter detachment.

The Auvergne Aquitaine-class frigate is armed with two Sylver A50 vertical launch systems for a total of 16 MBDA Aster 15 or 30 surface-to-air missiles, one Leonardo OTO Melara 76 mm SR naval gun, three Nexter 20 mm Narwhal remote weapon systems, eight MBDA MM-40 Exocet block 3 anti-ship missiles, 16-cell MBDA SYLVER A70 VLS for 16 MBDA MdCN naval land-attack cruise missiles and two double Leonardo (WASS) B-515 launcher for MU 90 torpedoes.