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_underway_in_the_Atlantic_Ocean_on_25_April_2018_(180425-N-GC347-1193).JPG) Mohammed VI underway in the Atlantic Ocean on 25 April 2018
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| History | |
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| Name | Mohammed VI |
| Namesake | Mohammed VI |
| Ordered | 24 October 2007 |
| Builder | DCNS, Lorient |
| Laid down | 2008 |
| Launched | 14 September 2011 |
| Commissioned | 30 January 2014 |
| Homeport | Ksar es-Seghir |
| Identification | |
| Status | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | FREMM multipurpose frigate |
| Displacement | 6,000 tons |
| Length | 466 ft (142.0 m) |
| Beam | 65 ft (19.8 m) |
| Draught | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
| Propulsion | |
| Speed | 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph); max cruise speed 15.6 knots (28.9 km/h; 18.0 mph) |
| Range | 6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 145 |
| Sensors and processing systems | Héraklès multi-purpose passive electronically scanned array radar |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 × NH90 helicopter |
| Aviation facilities | Single hangar |
Mohammed VI (701) is a FREMM multipurpose frigate of the Royal Moroccan Navy. Which in turn were developed by the FREMM multipurpose frigate program.[1][2]
Development and deign
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.
On 24 October 2007 it was announced that the Royal Moroccan Navy had ordered one FREMM to replace its Template:Sclass-.[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] Mohammed VI was launched in September 2011 and handed over on 30 January 2014.[5] 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
Mohammed VI is the biggest and most powerful frigate in Africa (with the 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.[6] Her homeport is Ksar es-Seghir.
Gallery
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Mohammed VI at Lorient on 24 May 2013.
References
- ^ "Aquitaine class FREMM Frigate French Navy Marine Nationale". www.seaforces.org. Retrieved 2020-11-08.
- ^ "Royal Moroccan Navy FREMM Frigate / FREMM Marocaine - Mohammed VI". far-maroc.forumpro.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020-11-09.
- ^ Accord conclu pour la vente d'une frégate française au Maroc | Mer et Marine Archived November 20, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ La construction de la FREMM marocaine débute à Lorient | Mer et Marine Archived April 22, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Nouvelle, L'Usine (2014-01-30). "A Brest, le Maroc prend possession de sa frégate Fremm Mohammed VI - L'Usine Maroc" (in French).
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