According to information published by the French Armed Forces on March 6, 2022, the French Navy sent the FREMM frigate Languedoc on patrol in Norway amid the war in Ukraine.
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FREMM frigate Languedoc (Picture source: Twitter account of French Armed Forces)
Languedoc (D653) is an Aquitaine-class frigate of the French Navy. The Aquitaine class were developed from the FREMM multipurpose frigate program. Constructed from 2011. On 12 July 2014, the frigate Languedoc was launched.
The FREMM, which stands for "European multi-purpose frigate", is a Franco-Italian family of multi-purpose frigates designed by Naval Group and Fincantieri.
In France, this surface combatant is known as the "Aquitaine-class" (17 units planned, of which 9 were later cancelled), while in Italy it is known as the "Bergamini-class" (10 units planned).
The Languedoc Aquitaine-class frigate is armed with two Sylver A43 vertical launch systems for a total of 16 MBDA Aster 15 surface-to-air missiles, one Leonardo OTO Melara 76 mm SR naval gun, three Nexter 20 mm Narwhal remote weapon systems, eight MBDA MM-40 Exocet block 3 anti-ship missiles, 16-cell MBDA SYLVER A70 VLS for 16 MBDA MdCN naval land-attack cruise missiles and two double Leonardo (WASS) B-515 launcher for MU 90 torpedoes.
