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Home›Surface Vessels›FS ACONIT to Join EUNAVFOR Counter Piracy Task Force
Surface Vessels

February 10, 2012 · about 14 years ago

FS ACONIT to Join EUNAVFOR Counter Piracy Task Force

The La Fayette Class Frigate, FS ACONIT, will join the EUNAVFOR counter piracy Task Force on 11 February. FS ACONIT has been in operational service with the French Navy since 1999 and has a displacement of 3,600 tons. The French ship joins OP ATALANTA operations with the mission to protect vulnerabl

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The La Fayette Class Frigate, FS ACONIT, will join the EUNAVFOR counter piracy Task Force on 11 February. FS ACONIT has been in operational service with the French Navy since 1999 and has a displacement of 3,600 tons.

The French ship joins OP ATALANTA operations with the mission to protect vulnerable shipping and World Food Programme vessels, as well as to deter and disrupt piracy in the Somali Basin and Horn of Africa.

[mappress] Naval Today Staff , February 10, 2012; Image: eunavfor

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