L'Audacieuse P400 class Patrol Vessel French Navy Marine

French Navy - Marine Nationale
L'Audacieuse (P400) class Patrol Vessel
(Patrouilleur)

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06/22

Units:

P 682 FS L'Audacieuse (1986)
P 683 FS La Boudeuse (1987)
P 684 FS La Capricieuse (1987)
P 685 FS La Fougueuse (1987)
P 686 FS La Glorieuse (1987)
P 687 FS La Gracieuse (1987)
P 688 FS La Moqueuse (1987)
P 689 FS La Railleuse (1987)
P 690 FS La Rieuse (1987)
P 691 FS La Tapageuse (1988)

Specifications:

Builder: Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie (CMN), Cherbourg, Normandy, France

Displacement: 373 tons (standard) / 477 tons (full load)
Length: 54.8 m (179 feet 9 inches)
Beam: 8 m (26 ft 3 in)
Draft: 2.54 m (8 ft 4 in)
Speed: 24 knots (44 km/h)
Range: 4500 NMI (8300 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement: 29

Propulsion:
2 x SEMT Pielstick 16-PA4 V200 VGDS diesel engines (2 x 3700 hp / 2760 kW)
2 shafts / 2 propellers

Armament:
1 x Bofors 40L60 gun
1 x GIAT 20F2 20mm gun

Systems:
navigation radar
Inmarsat-M

Aviation:
none (VERTREP platform only)

Boats:
2 x 10-seat boats

The P400 class patrol vessels were small patrol boats of the French Navy. They were designed to accomplish police operations in the French exclusive economic zone (EEZ). They were built by the Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie, which specialise in small military craft. The P400 class were originally designed in two versions: one armed with Exocet MM38 missiles, and another public service version with a smaller 16-man complement; eventually neither of these versions were commissioned as the French Navy chose an intermediate version.

All of these craft were based in overseas territories (DOM/TOM) where they conducted sea monitoring missions and secured the EEZ. They also executed missions in the context of French agreements with other nations, typically supporting foreign armies or carrying out humanitarian missions. Since late 2008, ships of the D'Estienne d'Orves class, with their heavy armament removed, were planned to replace the P400 in the high sea patrol role, a task for which the P400 class have proved to be underweight.

Former homeports:
P682 L'Audacieuse: Degrad des Cannes, French Guiana
P683 La Boudeuse: La Réunion Island
P684 La Capricieuse: Degrad des Cannes, French Guiana
P685 La Fougueuse: Fort-de-France, Martinique Island
P686 La Glorieuse: Nouméa, New Caledonia
P687 La Gracieuse: Fort-de-France, Martinique Island
P688 La Moqueuse: Nouméa, New Caledonia
P689 La Railleuse: Papeete, Tahiti
P690 La Rieuse: La Réunion Island
P691 La Tapageuse: Papeete, Tahiti

Ship data:

P 682 FS L'Audacieuse
(= The Audacious)

Laid down: April 11, 1983
Launched: March 21, 1984
Commissioned: September 18, 1986
Decommissioned: May 30, 2010
Fate: laid up in Brest / awaiting dismantling

P 683 FS La Boudeuse
(= The Sulky)

Laid down: June 15, 1983
Launched: May 21, 1984
Commissioned: January 15, 1987
Decommissioned: August 1, 2010
Fate: laid up in Landévennec 2011-2015 / dismantled in Le Havre in 2015

P 684 FS La Capricieuse
(= The Capricious)

Laid down: September 12, 1983
Launched: October 31, 1984
Commissioned: March 13, 1987
Decommissioned: June 2017
Fate: laid up in Landévennec / awaiting dismantling

P 685 FS La Fougueuse
(= The Fiery)

Laid down: November 25, 1983
Launched: December 17, 1984
Commissioned: March 13, 1987
Decommissioned: September 26, 2009
Fate: laid up in Landévennec 2009-2016 / dismantled in Le Havre 2016

P 686 FS La Glorieuse
(= The Glorious)

Laid down: February 21, 1984
Launched: January 25, 1985
Commissioned: March 25, 1987
Decommissioned: planned for 2022
Fate:

P 687 FS La Gracieuse
(= The Gracious)

Laid down: April 26, 1984
Launched: March 26, 1985
Commissioned: July 17, 1987
Decommissioned: September 2017
Fate: laid up in Landévennec / awaiting dismantling

P 688 FS La Moqueuse
(= The Mockingbird)

Laid down: October 4, 1984
Launched: April 8, 1986
Commissioned: May 16, 1987
Decommissioned: May 2020
Fate: laid up / awaiting dismantling

P 689 FS La Railleuse
(= The Scoffer)

Laid down: December 27, 1984
Launched: April 8, 1986
Commissioned: March 25, 1987
Decommissioned: August 1, 2010
Fate: laid up in Landévennec 2011-2016 / dismantled in Le Havre 2016

P 690 FS La Rieuse
(= The Laughing)

Laid down: March 14, 1985
Launched: October 17, 1986
Commissioned: June 13, 1987
Decommissioned: June 1, 2011
Fate: sold to Kenia in 2011 / renamed P3134 KNS Harambee II

P 691 FS La Tapageuse
(= The Rowdy)

Laid down: August 13, 1985
Launched: February 16, 1987
Commissioned: February 24, 1988
Decommissioned: November 22, 2013
Fate: sold to Gabon 2014, but sale was cancelled / sold to the Armed Forces of the Republic of Ivory Coast in 2022

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P 682 FS L'Audacieuse

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P 683 FS La Boudeuse

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P 684 FS La Capricieuse

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P 684 FS La Capricieuse

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P 684 FS La Capricieuse

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P 685 FS La Fougueuse

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P 686 FS La Glorieuse

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P 686 FS La Glorieuse

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P 686 FS La Glorieuse

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P 687 FS La Gracieuse

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P 687 FS La Gracieuse

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P 687 FS La Gracieuse

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P 687 FS La Gracieuse

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P 688 FS La Moqueuse

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P 688 FS La Moqueuse

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P 688 FS La Moqueuse

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P 689 FS La Railleuse

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P 690 FS La Rieuse

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P 690 FS La Rieuse

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P 691 FS La Tapageuse

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P 691 FS La Tapageuse

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P 691 FS La Tapageuse

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