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| History | |
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| 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 Aconit in 1996 |
| Homeport: | Toulon |
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| Fate: | In active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | La Fayette-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 3200 tonnes, 3600 tonnes fully loaded |
| Length: | 125 m (410 ft) |
| Beam: | 15.4 m (51 ft) |
| Draught: | 4.8 m (16 ft) |
| 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) |
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| Armour: | On sensitive areas (munition magazine and control centre) |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 × helicopter (Panther or NH90) |
Aconit is a second-line multi-mission stealth frigate of the French Navy. 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.
Aconit is scheduled to complete a life extension upgrade by 2023 and to remain in service until 2034.[1]