Operator Marine Nationale Laid down 13 January 2005 Construction started 13 January 2005 Length 153 m Draft 5.4 m | Ordered 27 October 2000 Commissioned June 2009 Launched 12 July 2006 Displacement 7.05 million kg Beam 20 m | |
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Chevalier Paul is a Horizon-class frigate of the French Marine Nationale commissioned in June 2009, the third vessel of the French Navy named after the 17th century admiral Chevalier Paul.
Chevalier Paul was launched by DCN at Lorient on 12 July 2006. She is a sister-ship to Forbin.
Service history
On 29 August 2013, Chevalier Paul left the port city of Toulon. Some reports claimed she had been deployed to the eastern Mediterranean in response to the Syrian Civil War, but the navy authorities declined to confirm she was heading for Syria. From 13 to 26 October 2014, the frigate took part in the large international operational exercise Catamaran 2014 that practiced an amphibious assault. In November 2015, a French Navy press release stated that Chevalier Paul was to be part of the Charles de Gaulle task force launching strikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
