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Friday, May 23, 2025 @ 0810
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NORMANDIE (2019 > Aquitaine-class Frigate of French Navy : 466 ft (142.0 m) overall) Own Page

French Naval Frigate NORMANDIE, D651, passing Clydebank (River Clyde) on passage to Glasgow

Ship's locationPassing Clydebank (River Clyde, Scotland, UK)Port of RegistryFrance (French Navy)
Arrived fromNATO Exercise Formidable Shield 2025
Sailing forBerth 4 King George V Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) .... tugs CMS WRESTLER and CMS BOXER

Contributed by Robert McManus

A group of NATO warships has arrived in Glasgow following the conclusion of Exercise Formidable Shield 2025, NATO’s largest live-fire integrated air and missile defence exercise.

The NATO ships arrived at KGV dock in Glasgow include the french naval warship D651, the Netherlands naval warship F803 and F804. Assisted by CMS BOXER and CMS Wrestler.

History
France
Name Normandie
Namesake Normandie
Builder DCNSLorient
Laid down 2014
Launched 1 February 2018
Completed 16 July 2019
Commissioned 3 June 2020
Homeport Brest
Identification
Status Active
General characteristics
Class and type Aquitaine-class frigate
Displacement 6,000 tons
Length 466 ft (142.0 m)
Beam 65 ft (19.8 m)
Draught 16 ft (4.9 m)
Propulsion
Speed 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph); max cruise speed 15.6 knots (28.9 km/h; 18.0 mph)
Range 6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement 145
Sensors and
processing systems
Armament
Aircraft carried 1 × NH90 helicopter
Aviation facilities Single hangar

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