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The second FREMM frigate of the French Navy has been given active duty status, the French Navy reports.
The status of the Provence was announced on Thursday by the chief of staff of the French Navy, Adm. Bernard Rogel.
It follows the multi-mission frigate's participation in a number of operations.
At the end of 2015, Provence was integrated into Task Force 58, which centers on the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman. Earlier this year, she joined her sister ship, the Aquitaine, in the French carrier group deployed during operation Arromanches 2 in the Middle East.
France's FREMM frigates, built by DCNS, are 466 feet long and have a speed of about 27 knots. Their range is 6,000 nautical miles.
They are the lead ships for French Navy escort missions and are used in anti-ship, anti-submarine and anti-air warfare missions.
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