P-675 FS Arago Patrol Vessel French Navy Marine Nationale

French Navy / Marine Nationale - Patrol Vessel
P 675 FS Arago

sorry, no insignia

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06/22

Type, class: Laperouse class Hydrographic Vessel / reclassified to Patrol Vessel
Builder: Chantiers de l'Atlantique, Saint-Nazaire, France

STATUS:
Laid down: June 26, 1989
Launched: September 6, 1990
Commissioned: July 9, 1991
IN SERVICE

Homeport: Fare Ute (Papeete), French Polynesia

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Former hydrographic vessel.
All scientific equipment removed. Now a public service patrol vessel.

Dominique François Jean Arago
... known simply as François Arago (February 1786 - 2 October 1853), was a French mathematician, physicist, astronomer, freemason, supporter of the Carbonari revolutionaries and politician.

Displacement: 980 tons (full load)
Length: 59 meters (193 feet 7 inches)
Beam: 10.9 meters (35 ft 9 in)
Draft: 3.63 meters (11 ft 11 in)
Speed: 12 knots (22 km/h)
Range: 6000 NMI (11000 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Complement: 31

Propulsion:
2 x SACM Wärtsilä UD30 RVR V12 M6 diesel engines (1840 kW / 2500 hp)
2 shafts / 2 propellers

Armament:
2 x 12.7 mm machine guns

Aviation:
none

Systems:
DRBN-38 navigation radar
Inmarsat

2 x Zodiac RHOB boats

patches + more

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