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Alongside U.S. forces, involved French units include the Mistral-class amphibious assault and command ship FS Mistral (L 9013) and La Fayette-class frigate FS Surcouf (F 711). The two French ships ...
The Surcouf, a La Fayette-class stealth frigate, has been deployed around the world since 1996, and has participated in international missions in Central Africa, Kosovo and the Horn of Africa, the ...
Building on the momentum following the recent participation of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) in Exercise Fer de Lance 2025 in French Guiana, a high-level ...
Commissioned between 2008 and 2009, the class was developed in partnership with France’s Naval Group and is based on the La Fayette-class frigate design. The lead ship was built in France, while the ...
Regarding the FDI frigates, these are part of the Navy’s Frégate de Défense et d’Intervention (FDI) ... and five La Fayette-class frigates. The latter, despite undergoing modernization, are set to be ...
The 150 crew members of the La Fayette-class frigate Courbet were shaken when the mine was detonated at close proximity during an exercise to test the vessel’s resilience in actual wartime ...
The frigate La Fayette is named after the famous Marie-Joseph Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette, who helped the Americans rebel in 1776. The submarine Tourville commemorates Anne-Hilarion de ...
Most importantly, the La Fayette frigate scandal highlights the negative effects caused by arms brokers – such as Andrew Wang and others (e.g., Shan Yi-cheng, a veteran and a broker implicated ...
The French Navy temporarily dispatched frigate 'La Fayette' to Brest on the Atlantic coast to reinforce the fleet on the Western coast in conducting maritime surveillance missions. All La ...
Already the warship has operated with the Spanish Navy’s Santa Maria-class frigate Numancia and the French Navy’s La Fayette-class frigate Aconit, as well as the Greek Navy’s Elli-class ...
Royal Canadian Navy frigate HMCS Ville de Quebec (FFH 332) and a La Fayette class frigate of the French Navy (likely Guépratte, which departed Colombia on June 10) were visually identified from ...
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