French aviso Commandant Birot

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Commandant Birot
History
Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svgFrance
NameCommandant Birot
Namesake Roger Birot
Builder Arsenal de Lorient, Lorient
Laid down23 March 1981
Launched22 May 1982
Commissioned14 March 1984
DecommissionedExpected, 2025
HomeportToulon [1]
Identification
StatusActive
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
Beam10.3 m (33 ft 10 in)
Draught5.3 m (17 ft 5 in)
Propulsion
Speed23.5 knots (43.5 km/h; 27.0 mph)
Range4,500  nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement90
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 when reclassified as an OPV)
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • 1 ARBR 16 radar interceptor
  • 2 Dagaie decoy launchers
  • 1 SLQ-25 Nixie countermeasure system
Armament

Commandant Birot (F796) is a D'Estienne d'Orves-class aviso in the French Navy.

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Design

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. [3]

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. [4]

Construction and career

Commandant Ducuing was laid down on 23 March 1981 at Arsenal de Lorient, Lorient. Launched on 22 May 1982 and commissioned on 14 March 1984.

On 13 January 2014, the ship was cited to the order of the division for having distinguished himself in the conduct and successful boarding of the Luna S, a vessel filled with cannabis arrested off the coast of Algeria. September 8 to 13, 2013. [5]

In May 2015, she participated in Operation Triton. [6] She collects 217 castaways on May 2. [7] She saved 297 migrants on May 20, 2015. [8]

On May 23, 2019, she participated, with the patroller Jean-François Deniau, in the seizure of 7.4 tonnes of cannabis as part of a joint operation between the Customs and the Navy off the coast of France. [9] In November / December 2019, it patrols the Black Sea and carries out military diplomacy and intelligence missions. [10]

In 2022, it was indicated that the ship would be equipped with the SMDM (navy mini-drone system) to enhance her surveillance capabilities. [11]

She is scheduled to be withdrawn from service in 2025 and be replaced by one of a new class of ocean-going Patrol Vessels (the Patrouilleurs Hauturiers). [12]

Citations

  1. ↑ "En attendant les POM, trois PHM déjà prêts à recevoir le système de mini-drones de la marine | Mer et Marine". 23 June 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "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.
  3. ↑ "Euronaval: First details of the Patrouilleurs Océanique (PO) platform unveiled". Naval News. 23 October 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  4. ↑ Frémy, Dominique (1995). Quid 1996. p. 2036. ISBN   2-221-08055-6.
  5. ↑ "Retour sur l'interception du Luna S". Mer et Marine (in French). 7 April 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  6. ↑ "Migrants en Méditerranée : L'aviso Commandant Birot engagé dans l'opération Triton". Zone Militaire (in French). 28 April 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  7. ↑ "Immigration illégale en Méditerranée : Opération d'assistance à 217 naufragés". www.corlobe.tk (in French). Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  8. ↑ "L'aviso "Commandant Birot" sauve à nouveau 297 migrants naufragés en Méditerranée". Zone Militaire (in French). 21 May 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  9. ↑ "7,4 tonnes de cannabis saisies à Toulon : un butin estimé à 52 millions d'euros". France 3 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (in French). Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  10. ↑ "En mer Noire, un navire français joue au chat et la souris avec les Russes". Le Point (in French). 3 December 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  11. ↑ "En attendant les POM, trois PHM déjà prêts à recevoir le système de mini-drones de la marine | Mer et Marine". 23 June 2022.
  12. ↑ 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). https://www.meretmarine.com/fr/content/la-marine-nationale-va-rapidement-se-separer-de-ses-derniers-phm Retrieved 15 June 2021.

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