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FRENCH
CAPITAL NAVAL SHIP LOGS
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AIRCRAFT
CARRIERS
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FS CD Gaulle
(R91)
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2016 ACTIVITIES
(Oct 27) Paris decides to
extend carrier’s deployment to December, was planning to return in Oct (alert5)
---2015---
(Nov, 2015-Mar, 2016) INDIAN OCEAN DEPLOYMENT
(Jan-Jul, 2015) INDIAN OCEAN DEPLOYMENT
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UNITS: FS Chevalier Paul (DDG);
HMS Kent (FFG); FS Meuse (Tanker); U/I Submarine (SSN)
(Jan 7) Thales wins
contract to upgrade the air defense fire control systems onboard carrier
during next maintenance period in 2018 (UPI)
2014 ACTIVITIES
(Dec 17) France 2 TV will
feature the carrier FS Charles De Gaulle on Jan 1st, touring the
ship and interviewing officers and sailors, and reviewing 15-years of service
history (GOV.FR)
(Nov 28) @ Corsica; FS Charles de Gaulle conducts PEAN aviation air
wing training in Mediterranean with battle group consisting of FS Chevalier
Paul, Montcalm, an attack sub, and 12-Rafale Marine 11F with a rapid reaction
HQ (GOV.FR)
(Oct 24) @ Mediterranean; French E-2 Air Sentry from Flotilla 4F
awarded with completing the 34,000th successful landing (GOV.FR)
(Oct
13-26) @ W. Mediterranean; French Navy conducts major Amphibious exercise
CATAMARAN 2014, includes carrier group, Amphibious group and mine warfare
group, 9th Marine Infantry Brigade, and elements of 1st
Logistic Brigade and included Italian and Slovenian divers (GOV.FR)
(Aug 15) @ Toulon; Large
naval task force (Carrier, Amphibious, Escort) parade in celebration of the
WWII landing at Provence in 1944; President of France and international
dignitaries observe from the carrier FS Charles de Gaulle (MOD.FR)
(May 5) @ Toulon; French carrier begins
1-month of periodic maintenance following heavy training in Mediterranean (MOD.FR)
(Apr 1) @
Mediterranean; French carrier conducts training off coast of Corsica,
including joint training with French army NH90 transport helicopters from FS
Tonnerre, currently conducting trials (MOD)
---2013---
(Nov’13 – Feb’14) OPERATION BELLEAU WOOD – INDIAN OCEAN
DEPLOYMENT
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UNITS:
FS Forbin (DDG); FS Jean de Vienne (DDG); FS Meuse (Supply)
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(Deploy + Map)
(Exocet Training) (Crete) (Suez Canal)
(WHITE SHARK 2013) (Djibouti)
(Christmas)
(Tri-Carrier Training) (UAE) (OCEAN FALCON 2014) (Truman CSG)
(Truman CSG) (HMS Daring) (Return)
---2012---
(Oct, 2012) European
Carrier Interoperability Initiative (ECII) with ITS Cavour; PEAN 12.2; LEVANT 2012
(July, 2012) Air combat EX with USS Eisenhower; Rafale Crash
(May, 2012) Airwing
Integration; Exocet EX; PEAN 12.1 qualifications
(Mar, 2012) Deployment
Training; Airwing Integration; Airwing
Ground Support; Astor AAA Missile Training
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De Gaulle Class
CATOBAR Nuclear Powered
Aircraft Carrier
COMPLEMENT
Air Wing – 11F
(28-40) Fixed Wing
Aircraft
(2-4) Helo
CARRIER
TASK FORCE:
DDG – FS Chevalier Paul
DDG – FS Montcalm
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AMPHIBIOUS
ASSAULT SHIPS
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FS Mistral
(L9013)
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2015 ACTIVITIES
(Feb 10) @ Toulon;
French assault ship FS Mistral conducts amphibious exercises, landing several
companies of Marines, Army and Foreign Legion on the beach of Dramont at
Saint Raphael (GOV.FR)
---2014---
(Dec 9) @ Toulon; French assault ship begins maintenance period, is
renewing Marine Evacuation System, allowing for the rapid evacuation of the
ship during emergencies (GOV.FR)
(Dec, 2014) BEGIN MAINTENANCE PERIOD
(Oct
13-26) @ W. Mediterranean; French Navy conducts major Amphibious exercise
CATAMARAN 2014, includes carrier group, Amphibious group and mine warfare
group, 9th Marine Infantry Brigade, and elements of 1st
Logistic Brigade and included Italian and Slovenian divers (GOV.FR)
(Sept 25-26) @ Mediterranean; French assault ship is visited by
President of the National Assembly and Defense Advisor, observed operational
capabilities and training at sea (GOV.FR)
(Sept 15) @ Mediterranean;
14-warships, including FS Mistral and Montcalm, participate in major naval
exercise GABIAN 14.3 (GOV.FR)
JEAN DE ARC 2014 (ATLANTIC TOUR)
(Jun 17-23) @ Canada; Task
Force participates in Exercise LION MISTRAL with Canadian marines from 22nd
Royal Regiment (with LAV and Bison armored vehicles) and 430th Tactical
Helicopter Squadron, and assaulted Riviera near Gaspe Peninsula on June 20 (MOD.FR)
(May21-26) @
Martinique; Task Force spends time in port at Fort de France, hosting events
and tours (MOD.FR)
(May 17-23) Task Force
leads CARIBBEAN 2014 exercises with French West Indies forces, focusing on
joint response and relief during catastrophic natural disaster (MOD.FR)
(May 10-11) 40-Task
Force sailors and soldiers conduct training course at Equatorial Forest
Training Center (MOD.FR)
(Apr 24-30) @ Brazil;
Task Force visits Rio De Janeiro, hosts college students and members from the
French community, then participating in a joint amphibious exercise MISTRAL
DE BRAISE with Brazilian marines at Marambaia Peninsula (MOD.FR)
(Apr 14) Task Force
completes CORYMBE phase with a series of amphibious exercises with African
militaries (MOD.FR)
(Apr 1) @ Gulf of
Guinea; French frigate FS La Fayette participates in Exercise NEMO 14.2 with
Togo and Benin (MOD)
(Mar 22-26) @ Atlantic;
Task Force begins CORYMBE Phase with bilateral exercise EMERALD MISTRAL with
Senegal (MOD)
(Mar 12) @ Brest;
French Assault ship FS Mistral and destroyer FS La Fayette deploy for annual
JEAN DE ARC 2014 tour to north and south Atlantic. Task Force will be
conducting operations with USN off American Atlantic coast; Caribbean
operations; bi-lateral operations with Brazil in mid-Atlantic; joint
operations with CORYMBE patrol in Gulf of Guinea; and operations off Portugal
before returning (MOD, with Map)
(Feb 3) @ Atlantic; French assault ship is training in Atlantic in
preparation for an upcoming Joan de Arc deployment in March (MOD)
2013 ACTIVITIES
(Oct 17) @ Toulon?; Hosts NATO Response Force
commanders (MARCOM & STRIKFORNATO), France assumes command for 1-year,
plan to deploy to Indian Ocean soon (MOD )
(Jun 10-14) @
Mediterranean; large French naval tactical exercise with Toulon based ships (Defense )
(Mar 4 - 7) @ Gabon,
Amphibious Exercise with Gabonese and French FFG troops off Libreville (Defense Ministry )
(Feb 19 – 23) @ Pointe
Noire, Republic of Congo; begin CORYMBE WEST AFRICAN PATROL (Defense Ministry )
2012 ACTIVITIES
(Jun 20, 2012) @
Toulon, receive award for action in Libyan conflict
(Jun 4-8, 2012) Amphibious EX w/ 9th Marine Infantry Brigade (Jan – Mar, 2012) Bold Alligator '12 w/ US Navy
(March – June, 2011)
Deployed
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Mistral Class
LHD Amphibious Assault
Ship
JEAN DE ARC TASK FORCE
FS La Fayette (Frigate)
COMPLEMENT
(1) Marine Battalion
(450-900) Troops
(40-59) Armored Vehicles
(16-35) Helicopters
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FS Tonnerre
(L9014)
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2015 ACTIVITIES
(Jan 19-22) @ Gulf of
Guinea; FS Tonnere and LV Lavallee participate in multinational exercise NEMO
15.1 with several central African nations (GOV.FR)
(Jan 11-13) @ Gabon; FS
Tonnerre participates in amphibious exercise OPERATION THUNDER 2015 with
French forces in Gabon and Gabonese military (GOV.FR)
---2014---
(Dec 11) @ Atlantic, FS
EV Jacoubet and LV Lavalle conduct TRALER (transfer of light goods), Lavalle
assumes command of CORYMBE patrol and escort for FS Tonnerre (GOV.FR)
(Nov 21) @ Gulf of Guinea; FS Tonnere arrives, assumes command of
Operation Corymbe with FS EV Jacoubet (GOV.FR)
(Nov, 2014) CORYMBE PATROL (GULF OF GUINEA)
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UNITS: FS Tonnerre (LHD); FS EV
Jacoubet (FFG); LV Lavalle (FFG)
(Oct
13-26) @ W. Mediterranean; French Navy conducts major Amphibious exercise
CATAMARAN 2014, includes carrier group, Amphibious group and mine warfare
group, 9th Marine Infantry Brigade, and elements of 1st
Logistic Brigade and included Italian and Slovenian divers (GOV.FR)
(Aug 15) @ Toulon; Large
naval task force (Carrier, Amphibious, Escort) parade in celebration of the
WWII landing at Provence in 1944; President of France and international
dignitaries observe from the carrier FS Charles de Gaulle (MOD.FR)
(Apr 24) @
Mediterranean; French assault ship hosts next generation of helicopters
(NH90-TTH Cayman, and 1-Tiger attack helicopter) for 15-days of training (MOD.FR)
(Apr 1) @
Mediterranean; French carrier conducts training off coast of Corsica,
including joint training with French army NH90 transport helicopters from FS
Tonnerre, currently conducting trials (MOD)
(Jan
20-24) @ Mediterranean; French naval forces conduct major quarterly naval
exercise GABIAN-2014 (MOD)
---2013---
(Sept
20) @ Toulon; sets sail for Lebanon to provide for next rotation of French
troops for UNIFIL (MOD )
(Mar –
Aug, 2013) JEANNE DE ARC 2013
DEPLOYMENT
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UNITS: FS George Leygue (DDG); 3rd Attack
Heli. Reg; 6th Lt. Armor Brg; 22S Squadron; 133-Trainees
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(Deploy)(@ UK Amph. EX)(@ Beirut, Lebanon)(Ex CEDAR BLUE, 2013)(@ Jordan, Ex MERCY)(Indian Ocean Piracy Patrol)(@ Djibouti)(@ Seychelles)(End Pirate Patrol)(Mid-Term Review)(@ Straits of Malacca)(@ Vietnam)(@ Djibouti)
(Feb 5-7) @
Mediterranean, SPARTAN Amphibious Group training, preparing for upcoming Jean
de Arc deployment (Defense Ministry )
---2012---
(Oct 9,
2012) @ Monaco, maritime security meeting
(June
24-29, 2012) “Paper of Gold” tour of ship off coast of Toulon, France
(April
– June, 2012) CORYMBE DEPLOYMENT
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Mistral Class
LHD Amphibious Assault
Ship
COMPLEMENT
(1) Marine Battalion
(450-900) Troops
(40-59) Armored Vehicles
(16-35) Helicopters
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FS Dixmunde
(L9015)
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2015
ACTIVITIES
(Sep 28) CSIO/10-S holds final conference onboard the assault ship FS
Dixmude concerning the interoperability of French forces with American V-22
Ospreys, if approved, the French plan to support and operationally use the
V-22; CEPA plans to conduct tests aboard French carrier FS Charles de Gaulle
in near future (http://www.defense.gouv.fr)
(Mar-Jul, 2015) JEANNE D’ARC 2015 DEPLOYMENT
(Feb 3-5) FS Diksmuide and frigate Aconit conduct SPARTAN training
exercises, testing combat, disasters, air defense, missile attacks and rescue
of nationals; Task Force is now ready to deploy (GOV.FR)
(Jan 9-29) French
assault ship FS Diksmuide prepares to deploy for the next JOAN DE ARC 2015,
conducts MEKO exercises, refueling, flight deck and well deck onloads and
certs (GOV.FR)
---2014---
(Oct 22) @ English Channel; UK-RAF Sea King Mk.4 from 845 NAS trains
onboard while assault ship transits back to France (MOD.UK)
(Oct 10) @ Belgium; French assault ship visits Zeebrugge to commemorate
the WWI battle of Dixmude (GOV.FR)
(May21-23) French
assault ship FS Dixmude participates in amphibious exercise NARWHALE 2014
with 6th Armored Light Brigade and USMC 2nd MEB (?) (MOD.FR)
(Jan
19) @ Atlantic off Senegal; FS Dixmude and Cmdt L'Herminier respond to
distress signal from small fishing boat capsized 12-miles off Dakar,
1-fisherman rescued and transferred to Senegalese Coast Guard, 2-bodies were
recovered (MOD)
(Jan
7-11) @ Ivory Coast; FS Dixmude (Assault Ship) visits Abidjan, conducts
amphibious exercise with forward-deployed troops and IC troops (MOD)
2013
(Dec
19-24) @ Lome, Togo; FS Dixmude conducts multinational exercise NEMO 2013
with marines from France, Benin, Niger and Togo; includes ship boarding and
search exercises (MOD)
(Nov
28 – Dec 4) @ Douala, Cameroon; CORYMBE Task Force make port and
deploy 350-troops with combat vehicles and helicopters as an action reserve
on (Dec 1) in the event any operations are ordered in CAR (MOD)(MOD)
(Nov
21) @ Atlantic; FS PM L'Her is replaced by FS Dixmude (LHD) and her escort FS
Cmdt Herminier (Frigate) (MOD)
(Aug
29) @ Toulon, FR; depart for training in Mediterranean, may be responding to
SYRIA CRISIS (Yahoo)
(Jun
10-14) @ Mediterranean; large French naval tactical exercise with Toulon
based ships (Defense )
(Jan 28) @
Dakar, Senegal, offload GTIA-2 for Mali deployment
(Jan 21)
Deploying to Mali Operation
Serval,
on-loading Army equipment and HQ (GTIA) (Defense Ministry )
2012
(March – July'12) JEANE
D' ARC DEPLOYMENT
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Mistral Class
LHD Amphibious Assault
Ship
COMPLEMENT
(1) Marine Battalion
(450-900) Troops
(40-59) Armored Vehicles
(16-35) Helicopters
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AMPHIBIOUS
SUPPORT SHIPS
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FS Dumont
d’Urville
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<Forward-Deployed to Caribbean>
---2014---
(Sept 29, 2014) @ Curacao;
FS Dumont d’Urville lands at Parera Base, participating in exercise TRICOLOR
2014 with Dutch forces (Sept 29 – Oct 12) (GOV.FR)
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Landing Ship
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FS Siroco
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---2014---
(Dec 5) @ Red Sea; after escorting FS Siroco (Landing Ship), French
frigate FS Guepratte transits the Suez Canal into the Red Sea and begins
CTF-150 patrol (GOV.FR)
(Oct
13-26) @ W. Mediterranean; French Navy conducts major Amphibious exercise
CATAMARAN 2014, includes carrier group, Amphibious group and mine warfare
group, 9th Marine Infantry Brigade, and elements of 1st
Logistic Brigade and included Italian and Slovenian divers (GOV.FR)
(Aug 15) @ Toulon; Large
naval task force (Carrier, Amphibious, Escort) parade in celebration of the
WWII landing at Provence in 1944; President of France and international
dignitaries observe from the carrier FS Charles de Gaulle (MOD.FR)
(Nov’13 – Apr’14) EU OPERATION ATALANTA DEPLOYMENT –
INDIAN OCEAN
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(Crete) (Djibouti,
Assume Command) (Somaliland) (UPS
Hetman Sagaidachney) (Nave
Atropos Pirate Attack) (USNS
J. Humphreys) (JS
Samidare) (Djibouti) (Medical
Evac) (FGS
Hessen Medical Evac) (Mauritania) (HS
Psara) (USNS
Pecos) (GOLDEN
STAR w/ PLAN) (JS
Samadare)
(Nov 4-7, 2013) @
Mediterranean; training for deployment
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Foudre Class Amphibious LST
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French Naval Logs
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