Tag: French Navy

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To celebrate the Bastille Day, I am posting the photo of  the French T-53 class destroyer D-633 FS Duperre. This photo was taken in 1989.

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This is French frigate D-603 Suffren with her unique DRBI23 3D radar radome on top of her pilot house. This photo was taken in October 1991.

FS Dupuy de Lôme Passed Through Turkish Straits

Today the French intelligence collection ship FS Dupuy de Lôme passed through Turkish Straits too, following the US destroyer USS Donald Cook. The French Navy has been usually active in last couple of weeks in this region: On 28 March 2014, FS Alizé, diving support ship used by the French external intelligence agency passed through Turkish Straits.... Continue Reading →

FS Var In Marmaris

French Durance class underway replenishment tanker A-608 FS Var arrived in Marmaris in the morning hours on 5 April 2014. Although it was not disclosed how long the ship will stay in Marmaris, it is safe to assume that the port visit will take at least 3 days. It was reported that FS Var is... Continue Reading →

French Warship FS Alizé Passed Through Bosphorus

Mr. Kerim Bozkurt, an invaluable contributor to this blog also shared his photos of the FS Alizé as she passed through Bosphorus. She is now in Varna, Bulgaria. According to The Voice of Russia she is going to take part in joint sea rescue exercises. The photos below are taken from informative blog Sea Dog.

French Warship FS Alizé Passed Through Dardanelles

On 26 March 2014, French warship A-645 FS Alizé made a northbound passage through the Dardanelles. According to news reports her destination was not disclosed but it is safe to assume that she is heading to the Black Sea. She is a very peciluar ship to send to the Black Sea. First of all she... Continue Reading →

Cassard In Marmaris

The French frigate D-614 FS Cassard arrived in Marmaris for a port visit. Before arriving in Marmaris, the French warship stationed in Eastern Mediterranean, conducted "PASSEX" exercise with the U.S. aircraft carrier USS George H. W. Bush. Unlike her sister D-615 FS Jean Bart the main radar of FS Cassard has not been upgraded. She... Continue Reading →

French Navy Conducted Exercise With Greek Cypriot Coast Guard

The French, La Fayette class frigate F-711 FS Surcouf conducted PASSEX with Greek Cypriot Navy on 21 January 2014. The coast guard vessel CV-24 Onisilos was the Cypriot contribution to the exercise. The Surcouf sailed from Larnaca at 8:30 Tuesday, Jan. 21 after three days of release operational on the island. This is far from... Continue Reading →

FS Surcouf In Marmaris

The French La Fayette class frigate F-711 FS Surcouf arrived in Marmaris, yesterday. The ship will leave on Monday and resume her duties in the Eastern Mediterranean. On a lighter note the arrival of the French ship was published by many Turkish media portals as The French Navy frigate Scout F711, conducting NATO duties, came... Continue Reading →

Chevalier Paul In Marmaris

The second Forbin (Horizon) class destroyer of the French Navy D-621 FS Chevalier Paul arrived in Marmaris, Muğla for a 3 day port visit. Toulon based warship, has been deployed in the Eastern Mediterranean since mid September.

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