FS Guepratte F-714 Frigate French Navy Marine Nationale

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F 714 FS Guepratte

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Type, class: La Fayette class Frigate (Frégate Légère Furtive)
Builder: DCN, Lorient, Brittany, France

STATUS:
Laid down: October 1, 1998
Launched: March 3, 1999
Commissioned: October 27, 2001
IN SERVICE

Homeport: Toulon
Namesake: Admiral Émile Paul Aimable Guépratte (1856-1939)
Technical Data: see INFO > La Fayette class Frigate

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FS Guepratte (F 714):

In 2009, the Guépratte took part in Mission Corymbe, a naval device aimed at ensuring the permanent presence of a vessel in the Gulf of Guinea and off the coast of West Africa. In 2010, the frigate Guépratte took part in Operation Atalanta in the Indian Ocean for 4 and a half months. In 2011, she deployed in the Indian Ocean as part of the Atalanta mission for 3 and a half months, then she operated off the coast of Libya as part of Operation Harmattan for a month. In 2012 and 2013, the frigate Guépratte took part in Operation Atalanta in the Indian Ocean for 4 months.

In 2014, the frigate Guépratte took part in Operation Immutable Freedom.

In 2016, the frigate Guépratte took part in Operation Jeanne-d'Arc.

In 2020, she was sent to the South West Indian Ocean as part of Operation Resilience. It accompanies the L 9013 FS Mistral in La Reunion and Mayotte to ensure the transport of medical and sanitary freight during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Émile Paul Aimable Guépratte (30 August 1856 - 21 November 1939)

Guépratte was born in Granville to a family of naval officers. He studied at the Lycée impérial in Brest from 1868, and joined the École Navale on 1 October 1871.

He was made an officer on 5 October 1874, and promoted to Enseigne de vaisseau on 1 December 1877. He served in Tunisia aboard the Marengo. He studied torpedo operations and served on the Amiral Duperré as a torpedo expert before receiving his first command in 1889.

In 1891, he was second officer of the Forfait. He went on to command the gunboat Caronade in Indochina, the anti-submarine defences of Brest, a destroyer and the cruiser Foudre, rising in rank to capitaine de vaisseau.

In 26 May 1906, Guépratte took command of the Jeanne d'Arc.

Guépratte was promoted to contre-amiral on 2 September 1912. At the outbreak of the First World War, he led a squadron of old battleships in the Mediterranean. He was sent to the Dardanelles to back the British Mediterranean Fleet of Admiral Sackville Carden.

On 3 November 1914, the Suffren, Vérité, Indomitable and Indefatigable started shelling the forts defending the strait, initiating the Naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign.

The main attack took place on 18 March, Guépratte leading the forwards squadron. The fleet was taken into a well-prepared minefield, under fire from coastal artillery. The Irresistible, Ocean and Bouvet were sunk; the French flagship Suffren was seriously damaged, as well as the Gaulois. Nevertheless, Admiral John de Robeck lauded the spirit of the French line.

Guépratte took part in the naval part of the later joint operation with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, deploring the lack of first-class French units in the theater. He was eventually promoted to vice-admiral on 10 October 1915, allegedly to bring him away from combat operations, where he was deemed impetuous, to a safer area of activity.

Guépratte was retired on 30 August 1918 and took up a career as a politician. He was elected to the National Assembly of France on 16 November 1919 on a left-wing list. He specialised in parliamentary affairs of the Navy. He retired from political life in 1924. He died in Brest in 1939.

source: wikipedia

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