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| Name: | Premier-Maître L'Her |
| Namesake: | Premier-Maître L'Her |
| Builder: | Arsenal de Lorient, Lorient |
| Laid down: | 15 December 1978 |
| Launched: | 28 June 1980 |
| Commissioned: | 15 December 1981 |
| Decommissioned: | Expected, 2024 |
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| Status: | Active |
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| Class & type: | D'Estienne d'Orves-class aviso |
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| Beam: | 10.3 m (33 ft 10 in) |
| Draught: | 5.3 m (17 ft 5 in) |
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| 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 |
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Premier-Maître L'Her (F792) is a D'Estienne d'Orves-class aviso in the French Navy.
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.[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[]
Premier-Maître L'Her was laid down on 15 December 1978 at Arsenal de Lorient, Lorient. Launched on 28 June 1980 and commissioned on 15 December 1981.
On 1 January 2009, the ship which participated in the European anti-piracy operation Atalanta east of the Gulf of Aden, responded twice to distress calls from a cargo ship under the flag of Panama. After the freighter's second distress call, the pirates having fled shortly before during the first. The advisory spotted and then stopped the two pirate boats on board which were eight Somalis, armed with six AK-47 assault rifles and a RPG-7 rocket launcher. The suspected pirates were then held aboard the ship en route to the Somali coast to hand them over to the authorities of this country.[4]
In February 2013, the ship participated in Operation Serval for 1 month. From 21 October to 20 December 2017, the vessel was engaged in the EU Navfor Med Sophia mission during which it participated in the rescue of 2 boats in difficulty. He was notably in the area during the events of November 6, 2017.[5]
From 29 March to 15 April 2019, the ship participated in NATO Exercise Joint Warrior. Despite these weak means of detection, he was appointed head of anti-submarine warfare in a force proving the allied confidence in the French ship in this field of warfare.[6]
She is scheduled to be withdrawn from service in 2024 and be replaced by one of a new class of ocean-going Patrol Vessels (the Patrouilleurs Océanique).[7]
Citations[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Patrouilleurs: Les avisos français sur tous les fronts." (in French). 26 January 2017. https://www.asafrance.fr/item/patrouilleurs-les-avisos-francais-sur-tous-les-fronts.html.
- ↑ "Euronaval: First details of the Patrouilleurs Océanique (PO) platform unveiled" (in en-US). 2020-10-23. https://www.navalnews.com/event-news/euronaval-2020/2020/10/euronaval-first-details-of-the-patrouilleurs-oceanique-po-platform-unveiled/.
- ↑ Quid 1996. pp. 2036. ISBN 2-221-08055-6.
- ↑ "Un navire français intercepte des pirates" (in fr). https://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2009/01/01/01011-20090101FILWWW00306-un-navire-francais-intercepte-des-pirates.php.
- ↑ "Mare Clausum: The Sea Watch vs Libyan Coast Guard Case" (in en). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bytbYVOBGpM.
- ↑ "Deux bâtiments brestois participent à l'entraînement JOINT WARRIOR | colsbleus.fr : le magazine de la Marine Nationale". https://www.colsbleus.fr/articles/11392.
- ↑ 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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