The FDI (frégate de défense et intervention or defense and intervention frigate) is a 4,500 metric ton vessel with an overall length of 120 meter. Its reversed bow gives it a longer waterline length to better hold a speed of up to about 27 knots achieved by the Combined Diesel and Diesel (CODAD) engines. They will join the eight FREMMs and two Horizons, bringing the total number of France’s first-rank frigates to 15. Read more https://wp.me/p3avY4-5Wg | Military Leak