FDI: Twist, the French are giving us their 2nd warship, so no delays

Today's release Sea and Navy, FDI, built at Naval Group's Lorient shipyard, marks a breakthrough in the delivery schedule of warships. So A 4th warship designed for the French Navy is under construction, which will become the 3rd Greek.

We recall the following: The original construction project of the shipyard was the first ship to arrive in France Admiral Ronark, Then follow “Kimon” And this “Newarchus” For Greece, the 4th comes Admiral Lucio Finally to France, Greece will be the 5th producer “Formian”. Now, the order of deliveries – confirmed by the Navy Board – is as follows: Admiral Ronarc'h, Cimon, Nearchus, Formion, Admiral Louzeau.

This is mentioned as a reason Delays in the construction schedule, So to meet the delivery dates from Greece (according to the contract to receive “Kimon” at the end of March 2025, “Nearchos” at the end of October 2025 and “Formion” at the end of October 2026. ), the order was changed.

This change favors the Greek plan, and in this way our own schedule is respected, even the “privilege” of the French fleet.

The delay in our comment began with the fact that the first French frigate, the Admiral Ronarque, had not yet begun her sea trials, so all ships were rolling. We emphasize that the test of the first ship of the class is very important to all that follows, because if some adjustment, correction, etc., is found to be necessary, it must be applied to the rest, which are in various stages of completion.

Mer et Marine explains here how the change moves the delivery of the 2nd French frigate Admiral Lucio from the original 2026 to 2027. The French Navy plans to acquire its own 5 ships in two batches, the first 2 by 2026 (now 2027) and then the other 3 to follow in a subsequent batch, with deliveries in 2028, 2031 and 2032 respectively. But even these last three, according to the French publication, may still be delayed if “foreign orders” appear!

The latter is interesting, because the French Navy is in no hurry to get its own FDI, and is ready to give up its “line” in shipbuilding to new customers, which also shows the willingness of the press to support the international. market.

Change, of course, refers to what we wrote earlier: how the Greek order 3+ billion euros, Especially with pre-loaded repayments (we will have paid 77.5% of the total cost for the first delivery of the warship on March 31, 2025, and 88.5% for the 2nd delivery in October of the same year), which is important for the entire shipbuilding project, so we also have related services that include possible delay clauses. prevent Finally, the French publication continues the discussions for another “Greek” FDI, which means that the 4th was an option in our country, but not ordered.

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During PTISIS's visit to the Lorient shipyard in July 2023, we wrote the following about how the shipyard project had developed during that time:

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