Laid down 12 February 1986 Identification D 615 Construction started 12 February 1986 Length 139 m Builder DCNS | Commissioned 21 September 1991 Status in active service Launched 19 March 1988 Beam 14 m | |
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Jean Bart is a Cassard-class anti-air frigate of the French Marine Nationale. She is the eighth vessel of the French Navy named after the privateer Jean Bart. She was commissioned on 3 March 1991.
Jean Bart was fitted with a number of types of prototype equipment which were later incorporated in the La Fayette-class frigates.
Service history
On 12 April 2008, Jean Bart aided the capture of the pirates who had taken over the luxury yacht MY Le Ponant. She took part in Operation Unified Protector until she returned to her home port Toulon in April 2011.
In October 2014, Jean Bart entered the US Fifth Fleet and joined up with CTF 50 for Opération Chammal.
References
French frigate Jean Bart Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA