French aviso Enseigne de vaisseau Jacoubet

Enseigne de vaisseau Jacoubet
History
France
Name	Enseigne de vaisseau Jacoubet
Namesake	André Jacoubet
Builder	Arsenal de Lorient, Lorient
Laid down	April 1979
Launched	29 September 1981
Commissioned	23 October 1982
Decommissioned	Expected, 2026
Homeport	Brest
Identification	Callsign: FAJC Pennant number: F794
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class and type	D'Estienne d'Orves-class aviso
Displacement	1,100  t (1,100 long tons) standard 1,270 t (1,250 long tons) full load
Length	80 m (262 ft 6 in) oa 76 m (249 ft 4 in) pp
Beam	10.3 m (33 ft 10 in)
Draught	5.3 m (17 ft 5 in)
Propulsion	2 SEMT Pielstick 12 PC 2 V400 diesel engines 8,900  kW (12,000  bhp), 2 shafts
Speed	23.5 knots (43.5 km/h; 27.0 mph)
Range	4,500  nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	90
Sensors and processing systems	1 Air/surface DRBV 51A sentry radar 1 DRBC 32E fire control radar 1 Decca 1226 navigation radar 1 DUBA 25 hull sonar (removed from French ships when reclassified as OPVs)
Electronic warfare & decoys	1 ARBR 16 radar interceptor 2 Dagaie decoy launchers 1 SLQ-25 Nixie countermeasure system
Armament	2 Exocet MM38 SSMs (removed from French ships when reclassified as OPVs) [1] 1 × 100 mm CADAM gun turret with Najir fire control system and CMS LYNCEA 2 × 20 mm modèle F2 guns 4 × 12.7 mm machine guns 4 × L3 or L5 type torpedoes in four fixed catapults (removed from French ships when reclassified as OPVs) [1] 1 × sextuple Bofors 375 mm rocket launcher (removed from French ships when reclassified as OPVs) [1]

Enseigne de vaisseau Jacoubet (F794) is a D'Estienne d'Orves-class aviso in the French Navy.

Design

Main article: D'Estienne d'Orves-class aviso

Armed by a crew of 90 sailors, these vessels have the reputation of being among the most difficult in bad weather. Their high windage makes them particularly sensitive to pitch and roll as soon as the sea is formed.

Their armament, consequent for a vessel of this tonnage, allows them to manage a large spectrum of missions. During the Cold War, they were primarily used to patrol the continental shelf of the Atlantic Ocean in search of Soviet Navy submarines. Due to the poor performance of the hull sonar, as soon as an echo appeared, the reinforcement of an ASM frigate was necessary to chase it using its towed variable depth sonar. ^[2]

Their role as patrollers now consists mainly of patrols and assistance missions, as well as participation in UN missions (blockades, flag checks) or similar marine policing tasks (fight against drugs, extraction of nationals, fisheries control, etc.). The mer-mer 38 or mer-mer 40 missiles have been landed, but they carry several machine guns and machine guns, more suited to their new missions.

Its construction cost was estimated at 270,000,000 French francs. ^[3]

Construction and career

Enseigne de vaisseau Jacoubet was laid down in April 1979 at Arsenal de Lorient, Lorient. The aviso was launched on 29 September 1981 and commissioned on 23 October 1982.

In January 2013, during Operation Serval in Mali, Enseigne de vaisseau Jacoubet escorted the ro-ro vessel MN Eider chartered by the French Navy, which was transporting equipment to Senegal. ^[4]

In 2014, the ship participated in Operation Corymbe, off West Africa. ^[5]

In May 2016, she participated in search operations for EgyptAir Flight 804, which disappeared on 19 May 2016 in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. ^[6]

On 15 February 2019, the vessel joined the European operation EU Navfor Med in order to fight against trafficking in the Mediterranean. The ship left the operation on March 14, after 28 days of engagement. ^[7] She was transferred from her home port of Toulon in July 2020 to Brest. ^[8] In 2022, it was indicated that the ship would be equipped with the SMDM (navy mini-drone system) to enhance her surveillance capabilities. She began a short upgrade from November 2022 to February 2023 to integrate the new system. ^[9]

Enseigne de vaisseau Jacoubet is scheduled to be withdrawn from service in 2026 and be replaced by one of a new class of ocean-going patrol vessels (the Patrouilleurs Hauturiers). ^[10]

Citations

1. "Patrouilleurs: Les avisos français sur tous les fronts" [Patrol ships: French Avisos on all fronts.]. asafrance.fr (in French). 26 January 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
2. "Euronaval: First details of the Patrouilleurs Océanique (PO) platform unveiled". Naval News. 23 October 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
3. Quid 1996. p. 2036. ISBN   2-221-08055-6.
4. "Le MN Eider sous la protection des avisos" [The MN Eider under the protection of the avisos]. Mer et Marine (in French). 5 February 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
5. "Opération Corymbe : L'aviso EV Jacoubet en action civilo militaire à Dakar | colsbleus.fr : le magazine de la Marine Nationale". colsbleus.fr. Retrieved 17 September 2021.^{[ dead link ]}
6. "Disparition du vol d'EgyptAir : La marine française mobilisée" [EgyptAir flight disappearance: French Navy mobilized]. Mer et Marine (in French). 20 May 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
7. "Le Jacoubet quitte la zone d'opération. L'avenir de Sophia toujours en pointillé". B2 Le média de l'Europe géopolitique (in French). 14 March 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
8. "L'Enseigne de Vaisseau Jacoubet prend ses quartiers à Brest". Mer et Marine (in French). 17 July 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
9. "L'Enseigne de vaisseau Jacoubet fête ses 40 ans" [Enseigne de vaisseau Jacoubet celebrates its 40th anniversary]. French Navy. 28 October 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
10. Groizeleau, Vincent (6 May 2021). "La Marine nationale va rapidement désarmer ses derniers PHM" [The French Navy will quickly disarm its last PHM]. Mer et Marine (in French). Retrieved 15 June 2021.