The French Navy’s FREMM Frigate Auvergne arrived at her new home base, Brest naval base, on December 13, 2022. The frigate was previously stationed in Toulon, on the Mediterranean sea, since her commissioning in 2018.
Auvergne becomes the fourth FREMM Frigate based in Brest, showing the strategic importance of the Atlantic Zone for the French Marine Nationale.
VADM Lebas discusses:
- The role of the French Atlantic Command (CECLANT)
- The reason for reinforcing the Altantic zone with an additional FREMM
- Latest challenges and threats in North Atlantic
- The submarine threat in the Atlantic
- The partners of the French Navy in the Atlantic zone
