French ship La Glorieuse
 La Glorieuse at sea off Nouméa (16 November 2002) | |
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| Name: | La Glorieuse |
| Launched: | 25 January 1985 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Patrol ship |
| Displacement: | 373 tonnes (367 long tons; 411 short tons) |
| Length: | 54.8 m (179 ft 9 in) |
| Beam: | 8 m (26 ft 3 in) |
| Draught: | 2.54 m (8 ft 4 in) |
| Installed power: | Electrical plant: 3 GE Poyaud Jeumond (120 kW or 160 hp each) |
| Propulsion: |
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| Speed: | 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph) |
| Boats & landing craft carried: |
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| Complement: | 29 |
| Sensors and processing systems: | UHF, VHF, HF, 1 DECCA 1226, 1 OMEGA M6, MF CRM 4215 radiogoniometer, shallow water tester, Ben LMN3 loch, CGM4 gyroscopic compass |
| Armament: | |
La Glorieuse is the fifth ship in the P400 class of patrol vessels within the French Navy. It is still in service but is due to be decommissioned in 2020.[1]
Service history
She was launched on 25 January 1985. On 31 October 2013, thanks to detection by a Falcon 200 Gardian surveillance aircraft, La Glorieuse intercepted an armed Chinese fishing boat operating illegally in the New Caledonia EEZ.[2]
On 13 November the same year she took part in a maritime surveillance operation in the Pacific Ocean[2] in support of the frigate Prairial, then in preparations for surveillance operations in the same zone. In March 2015 she set out to assist the inhabitants of Vanuatu affected by cyclone Pam.[3]
References
- ↑ "Marine nationale : huit patrouilleurs désarmés d’ici 2020". lemarin.fr. Retrieved 2015-05-27.
- 1 2 Cols bleus, N°3023, 23 November 2013 pages 4 and 5
- ↑ "La marine française envoie un second bâtiment au Vanuatu | Mer et Marine". meretmarine.com. Retrieved 2015-05-27.
External links
- La Glorieuse on the Marine Nationale website
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