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|Ship country=Morocco
|Ship country=Morocco
|Ship flag= {{shipboxflag|Morocco|naval}}
|Ship flag= {{shipboxflag|Morocco|naval}}
|Ship name= ''Mohammed VI''
|Ship name= *''Mohammed VI''
*(محمد السادس)
|Ship namesake= [[Mohammed VI of Morocco|Mohammed VI]]
|Ship namesake= [[Mohammed VI of Morocco]]
|Ship ordered= 24 October 2007
|Ship ordered= 24 October 2007
|Ship awarded=
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|Ship builder= [[DCNS (company)|DCNS]], [[Lorient]]
|Ship builder= [[Naval Group|DCNS]], [[Lorient]]
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|Ship sensors=[[Herakles (radar)|Héraklès]] multi-purpose [[passive electronically scanned array]] radar
|Ship sensors=[[Herakles (radar)|Héraklès]] multi-purpose [[passive electronically scanned array]] radar
|Ship EW=
|Ship EW=
|Ship armament= *4 x FREMM-ASW with 16-cell [[MBDA]] [[Sylver Vertical Launching System|SYLVER A43 VLS]] for 16 MBDA [[Aster (missile family)|Aster 15]] missiles
|Ship armament= *16-cell [[MBDA]] [[Sylver Vertical Launching System|SYLVER A43 VLS]] for 16 MBDA [[Aster (missile family)|Aster 15]] missiles
*1 × Leonardo [[OTO Melara 76 mm]] SR gun
*1 × Leonardo [[OTO Melara 76 mm]] SR gun
*3 × [[Nexter]] 20mm Narwhal [[remote weapon station|remote weapon systems]]
*3 × [[Nexter]] 20mm Narwhal [[remote weapon station|remote weapon systems]]
*8 × MBDA MM-40 [[Exocet]] block 3 anti-ship missiles
*8 × MBDA MM-40 [[Exocet]] block 3 anti-ship missiles
*16-cell MBDA [[Sylver Vertical Launching System|SYLVER A70 VLS]] for 16 MBDA [[Storm Shadow|MdCN]] naval land-attack cruise missiles
*2 x double Leonardo (WASS) B-515 launcher for [[MU90 Impact|MU 90 torpedoes]]
*2 x double Leonardo (WASS) B-515 launcher for [[MU90 Impact|MU 90 torpedoes]]
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|Ship aircraft= 1 × [[NH90]] helicopter
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|Ship aircraft facilities=Single hangar
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'''''Mohammed VI''''' '''(701)''' is a [[FREMM multipurpose frigate]] of the [[Royal Moroccan Navy]]. Which in turn were developed by the [[FREMM multipurpose frigate]] program.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Aquitaine class FREMM Frigate French Navy Marine Nationale|url=http://www.seaforces.org/marint/French-Navy/Destroyer-Frigate/Aquitaine-FREMM-class.htm|access-date=2020-11-08|website=www.seaforces.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Royal Moroccan Navy FREMM Frigate / FREMM Marocaine - Mohammed VI|url=https://far-maroc.forumpro.fr/t3802-royal-moroccan-navy-fremm-frigate-fremm-marocaine-mohammed-vi|access-date=2020-11-09|website=far-maroc.forumpro.fr|language=fr}}</ref>
'''''Mohammed VI'' (701)''' ({{langx|ar|محمد السادس}}) is a [[FREMM multipurpose frigate]] of the [[Royal Moroccan Navy]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Aquitaine class FREMM Frigate French Navy Marine Nationale|url=http://www.seaforces.org/marint/French-Navy/Destroyer-Frigate/Aquitaine-FREMM-class.htm|access-date=2020-11-08|website=www.seaforces.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Royal Moroccan Navy FREMM Frigate / FREMM Marocaine - Mohammed VI|url=https://far-maroc.forumpro.fr/t3802-royal-moroccan-navy-fremm-frigate-fremm-marocaine-mohammed-vi|access-date=2020-11-09|website=far-maroc.forumpro.fr|language=fr}}</ref>


== Development and deign ==
== Development and design ==
Three original variants of the FREMM were proposed; an anti-submarine variant (ASW) and a general-purpose variant (GP) and a land-attack variant (AVT) to replace the existing classes of frigates within the French and Italian navies. A total of 27 FREMM were to be constructed - 17 for France and 10 for Italy - with additional aims to seek exports, however budget cuts and changing requirements has seen this number drop significantly for France, while the order for Italy remained unchanged. The land-attack variant (AVT) was subsequently cancelled.
Three original variants of the [[FREMM multipurpose frigate|FREMM]] were proposed; an [[Anti-submarine warfare|anti-submarine]] variant (ASW), a general-purpose variant (GP), and a land-attack variant (AVT) to replace the existing classes of [[frigate]]s within the French and Italian navies. A total of 27 FREMM were to be constructed - 17 for France and 10 for Italy - with additional aims to seek exports, however budget cuts and changing requirements has seen this number drop significantly for France, while the order for Italy remained unchanged. The land-attack variant (AVT) was subsequently cancelled.


On 24 October 2007 it was announced that the [[Royal Moroccan Navy]] had ordered one FREMM to replace its {{sclass-|Descubierta|corvette|1}}.<ref>[http://www.meretmarine.com/article.cfm?id=105848 Accord conclu pour la vente d'une frégate française au Maroc | Mer et Marine<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071120072303/http://www.meretmarine.com/article.cfm?id=105848|date=November 20, 2007}}</ref> The contract was signed on 18 April 2008 and construction of the Moroccan FREMM began in the summer 2008 with delivery expected in 2012 or 2013;<ref>[http://www.meretmarine.com/article.cfm?id=108228&u=3951 La construction de la FREMM marocaine débute à Lorient | Mer et Marine<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422033917/http://www.meretmarine.com/article.cfm?id=108228&u=3951|date=April 22, 2009}}</ref> ''Mohammed VI'' was launched in September 2011 and handed over on 30 January 2014.<ref name="UN20140130">{{cite news|last=Djama|first=Nasser|date=30 January 2014|title=A Brest, le Maroc prend possession de sa frégate Fremm Mohammed VI|language=fr|newspaper=L'Usine Nouvelle|url=http://www.usinenouvelle.com/article/a-brest-le-maroc-prend-possession-de-sa-fregate-fremm-mohammed-vi.N236729|url-status=live|accessdate=24 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025033819/http://www.usinenouvelle.com/article/a-brest-le-maroc-prend-possession-de-sa-fregate-fremm-mohammed-vi.N236729|archive-date=25 October 2014}}</ref> The Moroccan ship is similar to the French anti-submarine version, without SYLVER A70 tubes for SCALP Naval, and cost €470m.<ref name="UN20140130" />
On 24 October 2007 it was announced that the [[Royal Moroccan Navy]] had ordered one FREMM to replace its {{sclass|Descubierta|corvette|1}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.meretmarine.com/article.cfm?id=105848 |title=Accord conclu pour la vente d'une frégate française au Maroc |work=Mer et Marine |language=French |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071120072303/http://www.meretmarine.com/article.cfm?id=105848|archive-date=20 November 2007}}</ref> The contract was signed on 18 April 2008 and construction of the Moroccan FREMM began in the summer 2008 with delivery expected in 2012 or 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.meretmarine.com/article.cfm?id=108228&u=3951 |title=La construction de la FREMM marocaine débute à Lorient |work=Mer et Marine |language=French |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422033917/http://www.meretmarine.com/article.cfm?id=108228&u=3951|archive-date=22 April 2009}}</ref> The Moroccan ship is similar to the French anti-submarine version, without SYLVER A70 tubes for SCALP Naval, and cost €470m.<ref name="UN20140130" />


== Construction and career ==
== Construction and career ==
''Mohammed VI'' is the biggest and most powerful frigate in [[Africa]] (with the [[ENS Tahya Misr|Egyptian frigate Tahya Misr]], of the same class). This frigate, which cost no less than 470 million euros, is the second of its kind to come out of the shipyards of the shipbuilder DCNS. She was ordered in 2007 and construction started a year later in 2008. She was launched on 14 September 2011 and commissioned on 30 January 2014.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Nouvelle|first=L'Usine|date=2014-01-30|title=A Brest, le Maroc prend possession de sa frégate Fremm Mohammed VI - L'Usine Maroc|url=https://www.usinenouvelle.com/article/a-brest-le-maroc-prend-possession-de-sa-fregate-fremm-mohammed-vi.N236729|language=fr}}</ref> Her homeport is [[Ksar es-Seghir]].
''Mohammed VI'' is the largest and most powerful frigate in Africa (with the [[ENS Tahya Misr|Egyptian frigate ''Tahya Misr'']], of the same class). ''Mohammed VI'' was [[Ceremonial ship launching|launched]] on 14 September 2011 and handed over on 30 January 2014.<ref name="UN20140130">{{cite news|last=Djama|first=Nasser|date=30 January 2014|title=A Brest, le Maroc prend possession de sa frégate Fremm Mohammed VI|language=fr|newspaper=L'Usine Nouvelle|url=http://www.usinenouvelle.com/article/a-brest-le-maroc-prend-possession-de-sa-fregate-fremm-mohammed-vi.N236729|url-status=live|accessdate=24 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025033819/http://www.usinenouvelle.com/article/a-brest-le-maroc-prend-possession-de-sa-fregate-fremm-mohammed-vi.N236729|archive-date=25 October 2014}}</ref> The ship was [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 30 January 2014.<ref name="UN20140130"/> Her homeport is [[Ksar es-Seghir]].

== Gallery ==
<gallery mode="nolines">
File:FREMM Mohammed VI - Lorient 2013-05.JPG|''Mohammed VI'' at [[Lorient]] on 24 May 2013.
</gallery>


== References ==
== References ==
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Latest revision as of 07:19, 5 November 2024

Mohammed VI underway in the Atlantic Ocean on 25 April 2018
History
Morocco
Name
  • Mohammed VI
  • (محمد السادس)
NamesakeMohammed VI of Morocco
Ordered24 October 2007
BuilderDCNS, Lorient
Laid down2008
Launched14 September 2011
Commissioned30 January 2014
HomeportKsar es-Seghir
Identification
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class and typeFREMM multipurpose frigate
Displacement6,000 tons
Length466 ft (142.0 m)
Beam65 ft (19.8 m)
Draught16 ft (4.9 m)
Propulsion
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
Armament
Aviation facilitiesSingle hangar

Mohammed VI (701) (Arabic: محمد السادس) is a FREMM multipurpose frigate of the Royal Moroccan Navy.[1][2]

Development and design

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Three original variants of the FREMM were proposed; an anti-submarine variant (ASW), a general-purpose variant (GP), and a land-attack variant (AVT) to replace the existing classes of frigates within the French and Italian navies. A total of 27 FREMM were to be constructed - 17 for France and 10 for Italy - with additional aims to seek exports, however budget cuts and changing requirements has seen this number drop significantly for France, while the order for Italy remained unchanged. The land-attack variant (AVT) was subsequently cancelled.

On 24 October 2007 it was announced that the Royal Moroccan Navy had ordered one FREMM to replace its Descubierta-class corvette.[3] The contract was signed on 18 April 2008 and construction of the Moroccan FREMM began in the summer 2008 with delivery expected in 2012 or 2013.[4] The Moroccan ship is similar to the French anti-submarine version, without SYLVER A70 tubes for SCALP Naval, and cost €470m.[5]

Construction and career

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Mohammed VI is the largest and most powerful frigate in Africa (with the Egyptian frigate Tahya Misr, of the same class). Mohammed VI was launched on 14 September 2011 and handed over on 30 January 2014.[5] The ship was commissioned on 30 January 2014.[5] Her homeport is Ksar es-Seghir.

References

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  1. ^ "Aquitaine class FREMM Frigate French Navy Marine Nationale". www.seaforces.org. Retrieved 2020-11-08.
  2. ^ "Royal Moroccan Navy FREMM Frigate / FREMM Marocaine - Mohammed VI". far-maroc.forumpro.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020-11-09.
  3. ^ "Accord conclu pour la vente d'une frégate française au Maroc". Mer et Marine (in French). Archived from the original on 20 November 2007.
  4. ^ "La construction de la FREMM marocaine débute à Lorient". Mer et Marine (in French). Archived from the original on 22 April 2009.
  5. ^ a b c Djama, Nasser (30 January 2014). "A Brest, le Maroc prend possession de sa frégate Fremm Mohammed VI". L'Usine Nouvelle (in French). Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
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