The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78), U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon aircraft from Commander, Task Force 67, and the Henry J. Kaiser-class fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Lenthal (T-AO 189) began participation in the French-led multilateral maritime exercise Polaris 21 in the Mediterranean Sea, Monday, Nov. 22. 2021.
The French Navy (Marine Nationale) multi-mission frigate (FREMM) “Alsace” entered “active duty” (admission au service actif in French) on 22 November 2021. It is the seventh Aquitaine-class FREMM overall but the first of two air-defense frigate in the FREMM DA (Frégate Européenne Multimissions de Défense Aérienne) variant.
The French Navy (Marine Nationale) just released additional details, including the lengthy ship list, for POLARIS 21, the unprecedented high intensity combat exercise which kicked off yesterday.
From November 18 to December 3, 2021, the French Navy (Marine Nationale) will conduct its largest exercise ever: POLARIS 21.
From October 25 to 31, 2021, Loire-class offshore support vessel Garonne embarked the NATO Submarine Rescue System (NSRS) to train and certify all ships of the class in the highly technical field of assistance and response to a submarine in distress.
One of Britain’s biggest warships was towed through the Channel to help the French test the power of a new specialist ship.
The forward section of the Jacques Chevallier, the first of four Logistic Support Ships (LSS) ordered by Chantiers de l’Atlantique to Fincantieri under the French Navy FLOTLOG program (“Flotte logistique”), was delivered on November 6 at the Castellammare di Stabia (Naples) shipyard.
The first MV7000 drives for the Logistic Support Ship (LSS) FLOTLOG program has successfully passed their Factory Acceptance Tests at GE Power Conversion Nancy Factory, reaching a first milestone for the new fleet of LSS of the French Navy.
The French Ministry of Armed Forces announced that the fire-damaged Rubis-class nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN) Perle is now repaired and on its way back to Toulon naval base where its overhaul will resume.
Leading Navies are secretive about the full capabilities of their submarines. In a rare privilege, Naval News has been allowed aboard the French Navy’s (Marine Nationale) newest boat, Suffren. Here is what it is like to step inside a next generation nuclear-powered attack submarine.
