The Jules Verne moored at Toulon harbour in October 2001 |
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| Career (France) | |
|---|---|
| Namesake: | Jules Verne |
| Ordered: | 1961 |
| Builder: | Brest |
| Laid down: | 1969 |
| Launched: | 30 May 1970 |
| Christened: | Achéron |
| Commissioned: | 17 September 1976 |
| Decommissioned: | 17 september 2010 |
| Out of service: | 20 February 2009 |
| Reclassified: | to repair ship in 1973 |
| Homeport: | Toulon |
| Motto: | Soutenir pour vaincre ("Support to prevail") |
| Fate: | Decomissioned |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Unique auxiliary ship |
| Displacement: |
7815 unloaded |
| Length: | 151 metres |
| Beam: | 21.56 metres |
| Draught: | 6.50 metres |
| Propulsion: |
2 Pielstick 12PC2V400 engines |
| Speed: | 19 knots |
| Range: |
12000 at 18 knots |
| Boats and landing craft carried: |
On 9-metre VD9 boat |
| Capacity: | 300 tonnes of ammunitions, 500 tonnes of matériel, 1000 tones of oil, 120 m3 of kerozen, 400m3 of water, 40 days worth of food for 300 men. |
| Complement: |
16 officers |
| Armament: | 4 12.7mm M2 Browning machine guns |
The Jules Verne is a repair ship of the French navy, named in honour of science-fiction writer Jules Verne.
Originally named Achéron and intended as an ammunition transport ship, she was converted to repair ship after her keel had been laid.
The Jules Verne was long based in Djibouti (she was featured on the 10 000-Djiboutian francs banknote). In 1997, she was assigned to the Force d'Action Navale.
She is designed to replenish, refuel and repair the ships of an operational force at sea. She is fitted with a complete 240-m2 hospital including an operating theatre, a recompression chamber and 16 beds.