Moroccan frigate Mohammed VI
{{short description|FREMM class multi-purpose frigates in the Moroccan Navy}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=File:Royal Moroccan Navy frigate Mohammed VI (701) underway in the Atlantic Ocean on 25 April 2018 (180425-N-GC347-1193).JPG |Ship caption= Mohammed VI underway in the Atlantic Ocean on 25 April 2018 }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=Morocco |Ship flag= {{shipboxflag|Morocco|naval}} |Ship name= *Mohammed VI
|Ship namesake= Mohammed VI of Morocco |Ship ordered= 24 October 2007 |Ship awarded= |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number= |Ship way number= |Ship laid down= 2008 |Ship launched= 14 September 2011 |Ship sponsor= |Ship christened= |Ship completed= |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned= 30 January 2014 |Ship recommissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship maiden voyage= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship renamed= |Ship reclassified= |Ship refit= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship homeport= Ksar es-Seghir |Ship identification=*{{MMSI Number|228706000}}
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Mohammed VI (701) ({{langx|ar|محمد السادس}}) is a FREMM multipurpose frigate of the Royal Moroccan Navy.{{Cite web|title=Aquitaine class FREMM Frigate French Navy Marine Nationale|url=http://www.seaforces.org/marint/French-Navy/Destroyer-Frigate/Aquitaine-FREMM-class.htm|access-date=2020-11-08|website=www.seaforces.org}}{{Cite web|title=Royal Moroccan Navy FREMM Frigate / FREMM Marocaine - Mohammed VI|url=https://far-maroc.forumpro.fr/t3802-royal-moroccan-navy-fremm-frigate-fremm-marocaine-mohammed-vi|access-date=2020-11-09|website=far-maroc.forumpro.fr|language=fr}}
Development and design
Three original variants of the FREMM were proposed; an anti-submarine variant (ASW), a general-purpose variant (GP), and a land-attack variant (AVT) to replace the existing classes of frigates within the French and Italian navies. A total of 27 FREMM were to be constructed - 17 for France and 10 for Italy - with additional aims to seek exports, however budget cuts and changing requirements has seen this number drop significantly for France, while the order for Italy remained unchanged. The land-attack variant (AVT) was subsequently cancelled.
On 24 October 2007 it was announced that the Royal Moroccan Navy had ordered one FREMM to replace its {{sclass|Descubierta|corvette|1}}.{{cite web |url=http://www.meretmarine.com/article.cfm?id=105848 |title=Accord conclu pour la vente d'une frégate française au Maroc |work=Mer et Marine |language=French |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071120072303/http://www.meretmarine.com/article.cfm?id=105848|archive-date=20 November 2007}} The contract was signed on 18 April 2008 and construction of the Moroccan FREMM began in the summer 2008 with delivery expected in 2012 or 2013.{{cite web |url=http://www.meretmarine.com/article.cfm?id=108228&u=3951 |title=La construction de la FREMM marocaine débute à Lorient |work=Mer et Marine |language=French |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422033917/http://www.meretmarine.com/article.cfm?id=108228&u=3951|archive-date=22 April 2009}} The Moroccan ship is similar to the French anti-submarine version, without SYLVER A70 tubes for SCALP Naval, and cost €470m.
Construction and career
Mohammed VI is the largest and most powerful frigate in Africa (with the Egyptian frigate Tahya Misr, of the same class). Mohammed VI was launched on 14 September 2011 and handed over on 30 January 2014.{{cite news|last=Djama|first=Nasser|date=30 January 2014|title=A Brest, le Maroc prend possession de sa frégate Fremm Mohammed VI|language=fr|newspaper=L'Usine Nouvelle|url=http://www.usinenouvelle.com/article/a-brest-le-maroc-prend-possession-de-sa-fregate-fremm-mohammed-vi.N236729|url-status=live|accessdate=24 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025033819/http://www.usinenouvelle.com/article/a-brest-le-maroc-prend-possession-de-sa-fregate-fremm-mohammed-vi.N236729|archive-date=25 October 2014}} The ship was commissioned on 30 January 2014. Her homeport is Ksar es-Seghir.
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{{Aquitaine class frigate}}
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