Standing French Navy Deployments

Standing French Navy Deployments is a list of current deployments by the French Navy:

North Sea and Channel Maritime zone
- Boulogne sur Mer
  - Patrol Craft P604 Scarpe (operated by the Gendarmerie Maritime)
- Cherbourg Naval base
  - Salvage tug Abeille Liberté (Leased)
  - Patrol Boat P676 Cormoran
  - Patrol Boat P677 Flamant
  - Patrol Boat P678 Pluvier
  - Patrol Boat P671 Glaive (operated by the gendarmerie maritime)
  - Patrol Boat P720 Geranium (operated by the gendarmerie maritime)
  - Mine clearance divers support tender M611 Vulcain
- Dieppe
  - Patrol Craft P607 Yser (operated by the gendarmerie maritime)
- Dunkerque
  - Patrol Craft P618 Escaut (operated by the gendarmerie maritime)
- Le Havre
  - Patrol Craft P622 Esteron (operated by the gendarmerie maritime)

Atlantic Ocean Maritime zone
- Adour Naval Base (near Anglet)
  - Patrol Boat A 712 Athos
  - Patrol Boat A 713 Aramis
  - Patrol Craft P603 Adour
  - Patrol Craft P778 Reseda
  - Jif Xplorer (Leased)
- Brest Naval Base
  - SSBN S616 Le Triomphant
  - SSBN S617 Le Téméraire
  - SSBN S618 Le Vigilant
  - SSBN S619 Le Terrible
  - Anti-submarine Destroyer D610 Tourville
  - Anti-submarine Destroyer D612 De Grasse
  - Anti-submarine Destroyer D640 Georges Leygues
  - Anti-submarine Destroyer D644 Primauguet
  - Anti-submarine Destroyer D646 Latouche Tréville
  - Corvette F789 LV Le Hénaff
  - Corvette F790 LV Lavallée
  - Corvette F791 Cdt L'Herminier
  - Corvette F792 PM L'Her
  - Corvette F793 Cdt Blaison
  - Patrol Craft P615 Penfeld
  - Patrol Craft P621 Aber Wrach
  - Patrol Craft P778 Réséda
  - Minesweeper M641 Eridan
  - Minesweeper M642 Cassiopée
  - Minesweeper M643 Andromède
  - Minesweeper M644 Pégase
  - Minesweeper M646 Croix du Sud
  - Minesweeper M647 L'Aigle
  - Minesweeper M648 Lyre
  - Minesweeper M650 Sagittaire
  - Minesweeper M652 Céphée
  - Minesweeper M653 Capricorne
  - Mine clearance divers support tender M614 Styx
  - Mine route survey craft M770 Antarès
  - Mine route survey craft M771 Altair
  - Mine route survey craft M772 Aldébaran
  - Mine countermeasures experimental ship A785 Thétis
  - Signal and communication intelligence ship A759 Dupuy de Lôme
  - Missile Range Instrumentation Ship A601 Monge
  - Oceanographic and hydrographic research ship A758 Beautemps-Beaupré A758
  - Oceanographic and hydrographic research ship Pourquoi Pas ? (Shared with Ifremer)
  - Hydrographic survey vessel A792 Borda
  - Hydrographic survey vessel A791 Lapérouse
  - Hydrographic survey vessel A793 Laplace
  - High sea Tug A664 Malabar
  - High sea Tug A669 Tenace
  - Salvage Tug Abeille Bourbon (Leased)
  - Support, assistance and pollution control Tug Alcyon (Leased)
  - Support, assistance and pollution control Tug Argonaute (Leased)
  - School ship A748 Léopard
  - School ship A749 Panthère
  - School ship A750 Jaguar
  - School ship A751 Lynx
  - School ship A752 Guépard
  - School ship A753 Chacal
  - School ship A754 Tigre
  - School ship A755 Lion
  - Navigational Training ship A770 Glycine
  - Navigational Training ship A771 Eglantine
  - Schooners A649 Etoile
  - Schooners A650 Belle Poule
  - Yawl A652 Mutin
  - Cutter A653 La Grande Hermine
- Concarneau
  - Patrol Craft P601 Elorn
- Lorient
  - LCM CTM 17
- La Pallice
  - Salvage Tug Abeille Languedoc (Leased)
- Les Sables d'Olonnes
  - Patrol Craft P605 Vertonne
- Pornichet
  - Patrol Craft P620 Sèvre
- Rochefort
  - Patrol Craft P613 Charente
- Saint Malo
  - Patrol Craft P616 Trieux

North America
- Saint Pierre - Saint Pierre and Miquelon
  - Patrol Boat P740 Fulmar
Caribbean Sea Maritime Zone
- Fort Saint Louis - naval base, Fort-de-France - Martinique
  - Surveillance frigate F733 Ventose
  - Surveillance frigate F735 Germinal
  - LST L9032 Dumont d'Urville
- Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe
  - Patrol boat P722 Violette (operated by the gendarmerie maritime)
Guiana Maritime Zone
- Degrad des Cannes - naval base, near Cayenne - French Guiana
  - Patrol boat P684 La Capricieuse
  - Patrol boat P687 La Gracieuse
  - Patrol craft P623 Mahury (operated by the gendarmerie maritime)
- Kourou - French Guiana
  - Patrol craft P624 Organabo (operated by the gendarmerie maritime)

Green Cape Maritime Zone
- Dakar - Navy unit, Senegal
  - LCT L9051 Sabre
  - LCM CTM 26

Operation Corymbe - Gulf of Guinea (see also fr:Opération Corymbe)
- Two ships^[1] - On 9 June 2003, Orage, on a Operation Corymbe mission, evacuated personnel from Monrovia. At the start of 2008, Tonnerre was involved in the Corymbe 92 mission, a Maritime Security Operations mission in the Gulf of Guinea. During this deployment, Tonnerre acted on tip-offs from the European Maritime Analysis and Operations Centre – Narcotics, and intercepted 5.7 tonnes of smuggled cocaine: 2.5 tonnes from a fishing vessel 520 kilometres (280 nmi) from Monrovia on 29 January, and 3.2 tonnes from a cargo ship 300 kilometres (160 nmi) off Conakry.
- For Corymbe Mission 105, LPD SirocoCor spent 33 consecutive days at sea off two African countries (Gunea and Ivory Coast), ready in case local elections raised tensions and endangered French citizens. Her orders were to prepare for an evacuation and support the French Operation Licorne force in Cote d'Ivoire. On December 15, Siroco was relieved by the LHD Tonnerre who kicked off Corymbe Mission 106 with 63 consecutive days at sea.
Indian Ocean Maritime Zone
- - Djibouti - Navy unit, Republic of Djibouti
    - LCT L9052 Dague
    - LCM CTM 24
    - LCM CTM 25
  - Port Zayed - Naval base, Abu Dhabi, headquarter of ALINDIEN
- Southern Indian Ocean Maritime Zone
  - Dzaoudzi - Navy unit, Mayotte
    - Patrol Craft P611 Odet (operated by the gendarmerie maritime)
    - Patrol Craft P763 Dharuba
    - LCM CTM 18
  - Port des Galets - naval base, Réunion
    - Surveillance frigate F730 Floreal
    - Surveillance frigate F732 Nivose
    - Patrol boat P681 Albatros
    - Patrol boat P690 La Rieuse
    - Patrol boat P721 Jonquille (operated by the gendarmerie maritime)
    - LST L9034 La Grandière
    - Patrol Craft P602 Verdon (operated by the gendarmerie maritime)
  - Port Zayed - Naval base, Abu Dhabi, headquarter of ALINDIEN
Pacific Ocean Maritime Zone
- French Polynesia Maritime Zone
  - Fare Ute - naval base, Papeete, headquarter of ALPACI- http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALPACI
    - Surveillance frigate F731 Prairial
    - Patrol boat P689 La Railleuse
    - Patrol boat P691 La Tapageuse
    - Patrol boat P723 Jasmin (operated by the gendarmerie maritime)
    - High sea tug A635 Revi
- New Caledonia Maritime Zone
  - Pointe Chaleix - naval base, Nouméa
    - Surveillance frigate F734 Vendemiaire
    - Patrol boat P686 La Glorieuse
    - Patrol boat P688 La Moqueuse
    - LST L9033 Jacques Cartier
    - Patrol Craft P606 Dumbea (operated by the gendarmerie maritime)

References

^ U.S. Embassy Paris, 'France's Changing Africa Policy, Part III', Cable 08PARIS1698, Wikileaks, September 9, 2008

Standing French Navy Deployments

References

See also