Chantiers de l’Atlantique Launches 2nd BRF Supply Ship for the French Navy

Chantiers de l’Atlantique news release

The Bâtiment Ravitailleur de Forces (BRF) Jacques Stosskopf is the 2nd in a collection of 4 ships planned for the French Navy, the order for which was informed in January 2019 by the Joint Weaponry Teamwork Organisation (OCCAR) to Chantiers de l’Atlantique and Naval Team.

The FlotLog program belongs to a Franco-Italian participation led by OCCAR in support of the French Protection Purchase Firm (DGA) and its Italian equivalent NAVARM, within the Logistic Assistance Ship (LSS) program.

The BRF Jacques Stosskopf was introduced on August 19, 2024 in Saint-Nazaire. The event, which occurred on September 13, commemorated the taking of command of the ship by Captain Sébastien Fajon along with the ritualistic launch, in the visibility of Emmanuel Chiva, head of DGA (French protection purchase company), Joachim Fool, Supervisor of OCCAR, Admiral François MOREAU, Examiner General of the Army– Navy, Pierre Éric Pommellet, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Naval Team and Laurent Castaing, Chief Executive Officer of Chantiers de l’Atlantique.

Laurent Castaing, Handling Supervisor of Chantiers de l’Atlantique, claimed:

” The Jacques Chevallier has actually currently been cruising for over a year, to the fantastic complete satisfaction of the Navy. The building and construction of civil ships as built Chantiers de l’Atlantique’s spirit of versatility. The setting up stage of the Jacques Stosskopf was once more finished n a document time of 5 months, with a laying on the slipway in mid-March, the laying of the last block in very early June and a launch on 9 August 2024. Today, we are commemorating not just a brand-new commercial turning point yet likewise the harmony of abilities with Naval Team as art of this European task.”

Pierre Éric Pommellet, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Naval Team, emphasized that

” The introducing of this 2nd BRF is more evidence of the effective commercial participation in between Naval Team and Chantiers de l’Atlantique, and of the complementarity of their abilities in offering the DGA and the French Navy with the most effective know-how in the civil and army fields. A European program, pressure supply vessels are likewise an icon of Franco-Italian participation.”

Sea tests of the Jacques Stosskopf will certainly start following springtime, with shipment arranged for completion of 2025.

Building and construction of the 3rd vessel, called Emile Bertin, started at Chantiers de l’Atlantique in very early 2024 and consists of an area made in Italy. Its shipment is arranged for 2027.

The Jacques Chevallier, the very first in the collection, was delivered to the French Navy in July 2023.

Key qualities of the BRF vessels

Gross tonnage: 28,700 GRT
Variation at complete lots: 31,000 tonnes
Total size: 194 m
Total size: 27.60 m
Staff capability: 190 individuals (consisting of 130 staff participants and capability for 60 guests)
Complete deadweight: 14,870 tonnes
Products quantity: 13,000 m3
Complete mounted capability: 24 MW
Weapons: 40 mm weapons
Polaris ® Fight Administration System

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