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Vulcain at Caen in 2013
History France Name Vulcain Builder Chantiers et ateliers de la Perrière, Lorient Laid down 15 May 1985 Launched 17 January 1986 Commissioned 11 October 1986 Identification
Status Active in service General characteristics Type Vulcain -classminesweeper Tonnage 490 DWT Displacement 409 tonnes Length 41.6 m (136 ft 6 in ) Beam 7.5 m (24 ft 7 in ) Draught 3.20 m (10 ft 6 in ) Installed power 2,200 hp Propulsion
Speed 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph) Range
7,400 nmi (13,700 km; 8,500 mi ) at 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph)
2,850 nmi (5,280 km; 3,280 mi ) at 13.5 kn (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph)
Complement
1 officer
10 petty officers
Quartermasters and sailors
Armament 2 × AA-52 machine guns
Vulcain (M611)Vulcain -classminesweeper of the French Navy . She is classed by the French Navy as a BBPD type vessel (French: bâtiment-base de plongeurs démineurs ) and is used as a base ship for clearance divers .
Construction and career
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Vulcain was launched on 17 January 1986[1] commissioned on 11 October.[2] Cherbourg Naval Base , in Cherbourg , France, and is run by the 1st GPD Groupement de Plongeurs démineurs , a group of French Army clearance divers. Since 16 May 1987, she has been symbolically linked with the town of Honfleur . The personnel on board usually comprises 12 divers, 1 medical officer and 1 nurse.
Other BBPDs of the Vulcain type are:
BBPD Styx - M614
BBPD Pluton - M622
BBPD Achéron - A613
See also
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Citations
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Bibliography
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Jordan, John (1995). "France". In Chumbley, Stephen (ed.). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995 . Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. pp. 95–131. ISBN 1-55750-132-7
Saunders, Stephen, ed. (2004). Jane's Fighting Ships 2004–2005 . Coulsdon, UK: Jane's Information Group. ISBN 0-7106-2623-1
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