| Career (France) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Aconit |
| Namesake: | French corvette Aconit |
| Laid down: | 5 August 1996 |
| Launched: | 8 June 1997 |
| Commissioned: | 6 June 1999 |
| Renamed: | laid down as Jauréguiberry, renamed to Aconit in 1996 |
| Homeport: | Toulon |
| Honours and awards: |
Flies the FFL jack in honour of the corvette Aconit Fourragère of the Ordre de la Libération Fourragère of the Croix de Guerre |
| Fate: | In active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | La Fayette-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 3200 tonnes, 3600 tonnes fully loaded |
| Length: | 125 m |
| Beam: | 15.4 m |
| Draught: | 4,8 m |
| Propulsion: | 4 diesel SEMT Pielstick 12PA6V280 STC2, 21000 hp (15 400 kW) |
| Speed: | 25 knots (46 km/h) |
| Range: | 7,000 nautical miles (13,000 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h), 9,000 nautical miles (17,000 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h) |
| Complement: |
12 officers |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
1 x Air/Surface DRBV 15C sentry radar |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: |
1 x Saïgon ARBG 1 radio interceptor |
| Armament: |
(Provision for future 16 × Aster 15 missiles in VLS) Anti-ship;
Guns; CIWS;
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| Armour: | On sensitive areas (munition magazine and control centre) |
| Aircraft carried: | |
The Aconit is a second-line multi-mission stealth frigate of the French Marine Nationale. Initially to be named Jauréguiberry, she is now the fourth French vessel named after the FNFL corvette Aconit.
She took part in the Action of 9 April 2009.
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