Naval Group Launches ‘Lorraine’, the Final FREMM Frigate for the French Navy

Naval Group launched the FREMM frigate "Lorraine" on November 13. It is the second of two air-defence frigates known as FREMM DA and the final FREMM for the French Navy.
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The FREMM DA Lorraine was launched from the covered construction dock at the shipyard in Lorient, Brittany.

The French Minister of Armed Forces, the Chief of Staff of the French Navy as well as Naval Group's CEO alongside employees from the Lorient site took part in the launching ceremony.

Lorraine is the tenth and final FREMM frigate built by Naval Group and the eighth one for the French Navy.

The shipbuilder produced six anti-submarine warfare FREMMs for the Marine Nationale known as the Aquitaine class plus two Air Defence variants, Alsace and Lorraine.

In addition, two FREMM frigates were exported: One to the Royal Morrocan Navy and another one to the Egyptian Navy.

Lorraine‘ sistership, Alsace, was launched in April 2019 and started her sea trials last month. Despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Naval Group still expects to deliver the two vessels on time to the customer: First half of 2021 for Alsace and November 2022 for Lorraine.
Following the launch of its last FREMM, Naval Group will gradually transition towards the FDI program, the next generation of frigates for the French Navy.
The steel-cut ceremony of the first FDI (Defense and Intervention Frigate) took place in October 2019. The keel of the frigate will be laid in the covered construction dock in November 2021.
Meanwhile two Gowind corvettes “for an undisclosed export customer” will take place and be assembled in the construction dock in Lorient. These vessels are set to be delivered in late 2022 / early 2023.

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