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FRENCH NAVY (FRANCE)

COASTAL FORCES

ATHOS patrol boats (1980-1981/1995)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Athos A712, 2015- P724   C N de l'Esterel, Cannes 1978 20.11.1979 14.3.1980 // 8.1995 in service (2019)
Aramis A713, 2015- P726   C N de l'Esterel, Cannes 1979 9.9.1980 29.1.1981 // 8.1995 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

80

Displacement full, t

108

Length, m

29.8 pp 32.1 oa

Breadth, m

6.50

Draught, m

2.10

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 SACM-Wärtsilä UD33 V12M5 diesels

Power, h. p.

4000

Max speed, kts

28

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

1200(15)

Armament

1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10

Electronic equipment

A712: Racal-Decca radar

A713: Furuno radar

Complement

13

Project history: Built as range safety craft for Missile Trials Centre of des Landes, reclassified as patrol craft in August 1995 and transferred by Gendarmerie to Navy in 2015.

Modernizations: 2002, both: - 1 x 1 - 20/70; + 1 x 1 - 12.7/90

Naval service: No significant events.

Athos 2008

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