French patrol vessel La Glorieuse
 La Glorieuse at sea off Nouméa (16 November 2002)
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| Name | La Glorieuse |
| Laid down | January 1984 |
| Launched | 25 January 1985 |
| Commissioned | 18 April 1987 |
| Decommissioned | 24 July 2023 |
| Out of service | 11 May 2023 |
| Status | Decommissioned |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | P400-class patrol vessel |
| Displacement | 373 tonnes (367 long tons) |
| Length | 54.8 m (179 ft 9 in) |
| Beam | 8 m (26 ft 3 in) |
| Draught | 2.54 m (8 ft 4 in) |
| Installed power | Electrical plant: 3 GE Poyaud Jeumond (120 kW or 160 hp each) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph) |
| Boats & landing craft carried |
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| Complement | 29 |
| Sensors and processing systems | UHF, VHF, HF, 1 DECCA 1226, 1 OMEGA M6, MF CRM 4215 radiogoniometer, shallow water tester, Ben LMN3 loch, CGM4 gyroscopic compass |
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La Glorieuse was the fifth ship in the P400 class of patrol vessels within the French Navy. She was the last vessel of her class still in service with the French Navy but was removed from active service in May 2023[1][2][3][4] and decommissioned in July.[5]
Service history
[edit]La Glorieuse was launched on 25 January 1985, commissioned in 1987 and assigned to patrol the offshore zone around New Caledonia.
On 31 October 2013, thanks to detection by a Falcon 200 Gardian surveillance aircraft, La Glorieuse intercepted an armed Chinese fishing boat operating illegally in the New Caledonia exclusive economic zone (EEZ).[6]
On 13 November the same year she took part in a maritime surveillance operation in the Pacific Ocean[6] in support of the frigate Prairial, then in preparation for surveillance operations in the same zone. In March 2015 she set out to assist the inhabitants of Vanuatu affected by cyclone Pam.[7] In early 2022, La Glorieuse deployed to Tonga with 10 tonnes (9.8 long tons; 11 short tons) of supplies to assist the island in the aftermath of a volcanic eruption.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Après 36 ans d'opérations, le P400 La Glorieuse tire sa révérence". Ministère des Armeés. 11 May 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
- ^ "La Glorieuse a entamé sa tournée d'adieu; les Nouvelles Calédoniennes". 25 January 2023.
- ^ Groizeleau, Vincent (7 June 2022). "Nouméa : le D'Entrecasteaux a repris la mer 10 mois après l'incendie de sa passerelle". Mer et Marine. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- ^ Groizeleau, Vincent (19 June 2020). "Après le retrait du service de la Moqueuse, plus qu'un P400 opérationnel". Mer et Marine (in French). Retrieved 29 January 2022.
- ^ "Dernière cérémonie des couleurs pour La Glorieuse". Ministère des Armeés. 1 August 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ a b Cols bleus, N°3023, 23 November 2013 pages 4 and 5
- ^ Groizeleau, Vincent (25 March 2015). "La marine française envoie un second bâtiment au Vanuatu". Mer et Marine (in French). Retrieved 2015-05-27.
- ^ Goapana, Nadine; Rosada, Alexandre; Tromeur, Françoise (25 January 2022). "Du fret humanitaire envoyé à Tonga depuis Nouméa". Franceinfo (in French). AFP. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
External links
[edit]- La Glorieuse on the Marine Nationale website