Morocco set to receive its FREMM frigate

<div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Royal Moroccan Navy will take delivery of its FREMM (Frégate Européenne Multi-Missions) multi-mission frigate on 25 November, <i>IHS Jane's</i> has learned.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Mohammed VI</i> will be handed over at French shipbuilding and systems house DCNS's shipyard in Brest, after a build and trials programme which began once a contract came into effect in August 2008. The ship was launched in September 2011 at the DCNS Lorient yard.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh7U1y4qQ_G96GM-gII-FmCwg2KsjAP1jdCZIOPvFgIt_Un2spidTejO079t6jVju5KokNeshESuofbOc3OsAGq-xiiWxI4Y_atk-Xr0AOuH1cpxdljN0QI6ains83BMjKRLwyRy70bZWd/s1600/1513137-main.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh7U1y4qQ_G96GM-gII-FmCwg2KsjAP1jdCZIOPvFgIt_Un2spidTejO079t6jVju5KokNeshESuofbOc3OsAGq-xiiWxI4Y_atk-Xr0AOuH1cpxdljN0QI6ains83BMjKRLwyRy70bZWd/s320/1513137-main.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>IHS Jane's</i> understands that the anti-submarine warfare-focused vessel will also be used to patrol Morocco's maritime domain and participate in combined operations with NATO and other navies. The arrival of <i>Mohammed VI</i> arguably will make the Royal Moroccan Navy one of the most capable in Africa, adding to a combat fleet currently consisting of three Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding Ship Integrated Geometrical Modularity Approach (SIGMA) frigates, two STX France-built Floréal frigates, one Raidco Marine offshore patrol vessel, and one Bazan-built Descubierta corvette.</span></div>

Morocco set to receive its FREMM frigate

The Royal Moroccan Navy will take delivery of its FREMM (Frégate Européenne Multi-Missions) multi-mission frigate on 25 November,  IHS Jane...

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