Chevalier Paul

Chevalier Paul is a Horizon-class frigate of the French Marine Nationale commissioned in June 2009, the third vessel of the French Navy named after the 17th century admiral Chevalier Paul. The main mission of this type of ship is the escort and protection of a carrier strike group formed around an aircraft carrier, usually Charles de Gaulle or one of the aircraft carriers of the US Navy, or an amphibious operation carried out by amphibious helicopter carriers. The ship's specialty is air traffic control in a war zone, but it can be employed in a wide variety of missions, such as intelligence-gathering, special forces operations, or in protecting less well-armed vessels. Horizon-class frigates such as Chevalier Paul are the most powerful surface combatants that France has ever built. In service since the end of 2011, it bears the pennant number D621. Its namesake is Jean-Paul de Saumeur, better known as Chevalier Paul, a French naval officer born in Marseille in 1598.

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D621; D621
length 152.87 metre, beam 20.3 metre, draft 5.4 metre, PAAMS, 8 Exocet, 2 MU90 Impact, 2 OTO Melara 76 mm gun, 
frigate, Horizon-class frigate, French Navy, Naval Group, 

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2008-12-01T00:00:00Z

2008-12-01T00:00:00Z

ship acquired

2005-01-17T00:00:00Z

2005-01-17T00:00:00Z

keel laying

2011-06-10T00:00:00Z

2011-06-10T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

2000-10-27T00:00:00Z

2000-10-27T00:00:00Z

order

2006-07-12T00:00:00Z

2006-07-12T00:00:00Z

ship launching

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Frameless

on alongside NATO Allies in support of exercise Formidable Shield 2023 while operating in the North Atlantic Ocean, May 15, 2023.

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79) steams in formation alongside NATO Allies in support of exercise Formidable Shield 2023 while operating in the North Atlantic Ocean, May 15, 2023.

Chevalier Paul-IMG 6836

H160M Marine-003

Chevalier Paul-IMG 6838

Chevalier Paul-IMG 6837

Chevalier Paul-IMG 6839

Horizon frigate

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79) steams in formation alongside NATO Allies in support of exercise Formidable Shield 2023 while operating in the North Atlantic Ocean, May 15, 2023.

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78), foreground, sails ahead of the French Navy Horizon-class FREMM frigate FS Chevalier Paul during a formation transit in support of exercise Formidable Shield 2023, May 15, 2023.

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		on alongside NATO Allies in support of exercise Formidable Shield 2023 while operating in the North Atlantic Ocean, May 15, 2023.		Commons
commons	image		The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79) steams in formation alongside NATO Allies in support of exercise Formidable Shield 2023 while operating in the North Atlantic Ocean, May 15, 2023.		Commons
commons	image		Chevalier Paul-IMG 6836		Commons
commons	image		H160M Marine-003		Commons
commons	image		Chevalier Paul-IMG 6838		Commons
commons	image		Chevalier Paul-IMG 6837		Commons
commons	image		Chevalier Paul-IMG 6839		Commons
commons	image		Horizon frigate		Commons
commons	image		The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79) steams in formation alongside NATO Allies in support of exercise Formidable Shield 2023 while operating in the North Atlantic Ocean, May 15, 2023.		Commons
commons	image		The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78), foreground, sails ahead of the French Navy Horizon-class FREMM frigate FS Chevalier Paul during a formation transit in support of exercise Formidable Shield 2023, May 15, 2023.		Commons