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French Navy - Marine Nationale Patrouilleur Outre-mer (POM) Offshore Patrol Vessel |
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P 779 FS Auguste Bénébig (2023) P 780 FS Teriieroo a Teriierooiterai (2024?) P 781 FS Auguste Techer (?) P 782 FS Jean Tranape P 783 FS Philippe Bernardino P 784 FS Félix Éboué |
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Builder: ship: Société Calaisienne de Réparation Navale et Mécanique (SOCARENAM), Saint-Malo shipyard, Britanny, France final outfitting: SOCARENAM Boulogne-sur-mer shipyard, Pas-de-Calais, France Displacement: 1300 tons (full load) Length: 80 m (262 feet 5 inches) Beam: 11.8 m (38 ft 8 in) Draft: 3.5 m (11 ft 6 in) Speed: 24 knots (44 km/h) Range: 5500 NMI (10200 km) Complement: 30 Propulsion: CODLAD (combined diesel-electric and diesel) 2 shafts / 2 propellers / 2 bow thrusters Armament: 1 x Nexter Narwhal 20 Naval Weapon Station (NWS) 12.7 and 7.62 mm machine guns Systems: Kelvin Hughes Mk.11 SharpEye surface search radar day/night optronic identification system Nexeya LYNCEA combat management system (CMS) Aviation: small flight platform (no helicopter landing and hangar) 1 x Airbus Aliaca UAS (Unmanned Aerial System) Boats: davit system for 1 rescue boat stern ramp for 1 x RHIB |
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The Patrouilleurs Outre-mer (POM - overseas patrol boats), are a
class of six offshore patrol boats of the French Navy. They will be
based in Noumea, Tahiti and Reunion, where they will replace the
L'Audacieuse / P400 class patrol boats which have reached the end of
their life, but with a much larger size of 1,300 tonnes at full load
and extended capacities. They will be delivered from September 2022
until 2025. The first steel-cutting took place on October 8, 2020, during a visit to the Socarenam site in Saint-Malo by the Minister for the Armed Forces, Florence Parly. After its launch on October 15, 2021, the first vessel was taken in tow on October 16, 2020 to Boulogne-sur-Mer where it arrived on October 18 for fitting out. It should join the Brest naval base for trials and qualification around May 2022. The vessels have a displacement of 1,300 tons when fully loaded. They are 80 m long and 11.8 m wide, with a draft of 3.5 m. Armed by a crew of thirty sailors, they will be able to accommodate twenty-nine additional passengers and provide support for divers. They will have to evolve in areas of high heat and high humidity, for missions without refueling lasting around thirty days, with an autonomous handling capacity for lifting equipment. They will have two rapid intervention craft, approximately 8 m long, and an Airbus Aliaca UAS (Unmanned Aerial Systems) drone. The combat system is the Lyncea from the French company Nexeya, installed since 2009 on the Floréal class frigates and the Estienne d'Orves class patrol boats. Surveillance radar systems are provided by Hensoldt. The armament consists of a Nexter Narwhal-20 teleoperated cannon, placed at the front, and four mountings intended to accommodate 12.7 mm and 7.62 mm machine guns. Six patrol boats are planned for the French Navy. The first unit, to be delivered in 2022, will be based in Noumea in New Caledonia, followed by another in 2024. Two units will be based in Reunion, and two others in Tahiti. |
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