Defence and intervention frigate
Amiral Ronarc'h, the first FDI of the French Navy, under construction (Lorient shipyard, 2022) | |
| Class overview | |
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| Name | Frégate de Défense et d'Intervention (FDI) |
| Builders | Naval Group |
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| Subclasses | Kimon class |
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| Built | 2019–present |
| In service | 2025 (expected) |
| In commission | 2025 (expected) |
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| Building | 6 |
| Completed | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | General-purpose frigate / destroyer |
| Displacement | 4.460 t (4.390 long tons) |
| Length | 122 m (400 ft 3 in) |
| Beam | 17.7 m (58 ft 1 in) |
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| Speed | Maximum: 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) |
| Range | 5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Endurance | 45 days |
| Complement | 125 (+ 28 passengers) |
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The Frégate de Défense et d'Intervention (English: Defence and Intervention Frigate) or FDI, formerly denominated Frégate de Taille Intermédiaire (English: Medium-Size Frigate) or FTI, is a programme launched in 2015 to produce a new class of first-rank French frigates to complement the Aquitaine-class. As of February 2022, five ships have been ordered for the French Navy and will form the Amiral Ronarc'h class, with the lead ship expected to be commissioned in 2025. In 2021, three units were ordered by Greece for the Hellenic Navy and will form the Kimon-class.
Amiral Ronarc'h, the lead ship of the class, was laid down on 17 December 2021. Commissioning of the warship had been planned from 2024 onwards but it was reported that delays in the fitting out and sea trials would push it as well as its entry into service to 2025.