Bâtiment ravitailleur de forces

*Jacques Chevallier* class
	Jacques Chevallier, lead ship of the class
Class overview
Name	Jacques Chevallier class
Builders	Chantiers de l'Atlantique, Fincantieri
Operators	French Navy
Preceded by	Durance-class tanker
In commission	2024- (expected)
Planned	4
Building	2
Completed	1
General characteristics
Type	Replenishment ship
Displacement	31,000 t (full load)
Length	194 m (636 ft 6 in)
Beam	27.4 m (89 ft 11 in)
Draught	9 m (29 ft 6 in)
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph); 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) on electric engines;
Range	7,000 nmi (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Endurance	30 days
Armament	2 × twin Simbad-RC/Mistral Mk3 SAM/SSM;; 2 × Thales/Nexter 40 mm RAPIDFire guns;

The bâtiments ravitailleurs de forces, or BRF, are a class of future fleet tankers that are to replace the Durance-class units in French Navy service. Until January 2019, the programme was known as Flotte logistique (abbreviated FLOTLOG in military parlance). First ship of the class completed the first stage of her sea trials in January 2023 and was formally delivered to the French Navy in July to continue her sea trials. The ships are part of the Vulcano-class logistic support ship programme.

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