French patrol vessel Athos

Class overview
Builders	Chantier naval de l'Esterel, Cannes
Operators	Marine Nationale (until 2016); Maritime Gendarmerie (since 2016)
Built	1978 – 20 November 1979
In commission	1980 – 8 December 2022
History
France
Name	Athos
Operator	French Navy (until 2016); Maritime Gendarmerie (since 2016);
Builder	Chantier naval de l'Esterel, Cannes
Laid down	1978
Launched	20 November 1979
Commissioned	14 March 1980
Decommissioned	8 December 2022
Identification	Pennant number A712
General characteristics
Class and type	Patrol boat
Displacement	100 t (98 long tons) (full load)
Length	32.1 m (105 ft 4 in)
Beam	6.45 m (21 ft 2 in)
Draft	1.9 m (6 ft 3 in)
Installed power	Electrical:
Propulsion	Engines : 2 diesel, 2,250 hp (1,680 kW)
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Endurance	25 hours at 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph); 48 hours at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph);
Complement	13 core crew
Sensors and ; processing systems	Navigation radar Racal-Decca; Furuno deep sea depth sounder; HF, UHF and VHF radio means, IFF answering machine;
Armament	1 Browning M2 12.7 mm machine gun

Athos was a patrol vessel that was originally built for the French Navy. The pair of patrol vessels, Athos and Aramis, were sponsored by the commune of Auch in Gers until 2012. The commune of Saint-Martin-Sainte-Catherine in Creuse, has been the sponsor since 23 February 2013. Athos was transferred to the Maritime Gendarmerie at the beginning of 2016. The only French Navy vessel to be entirely made of beech wood, her hull was capable of withstanding M5 model 4 style torpedoes.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.