Tuesday 13 October 2020

Naval Group starts renovation and upgrade of French Navy Courbet La Fayette-class frigate

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Naval Group starts renovation and upgrade of French Navy Courbet La Fayette-class frigate

According to a Tweet released by Naval Group on October 9, 2020, the French shipyard Naval Group has started the renovation and partial upgrade of the French Navy Courbet La Fayette-class frigate.

French shipyard Naval Group has started the renovation and upgrade of the French Navy Courbet La Fayette-class frigate. (Picture source Twitter account Naval Group)

The French Navy's La Fayette Class multipurpose stealth frigates were developed and built by DCNS. The French Navy awarded DCNS the contracts to construct the La Fayette (F710), Surcouff (F711) and Courbet (F712) frigates in 1988, and Aconit (F713) and Guepratte (F714) in 1992.

The "Courbet" FLF (Frégate Légère Furtive in French) is general purpose La Fayette-class frigates built by Naval Group previously named DCNS and operated by the French Navy. The ship was launched in March 1994 and commissioned in April 1997........read rest of article


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