Flamant-class patrol vessel

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Class overview
BuildersConstructions Mécaniques de Normandie, Cherbourg
Operators French Navy
Succeeded byPatrouilleurs Hauturiers
In commission1996present
Completed3
Active3
General characteristics
TypePatrol boat
Displacement
  • 300 tonnes (295 long tons) standard
  • 477 tonnes (469 long tons) full load
Length54 m (177 ft 2 in) o/a
Beam10 m (32 ft 10 in)
Draught2.2 m (7 ft 3 in)
Propulsion
Speed23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph)
Range4,500 nmi (8,300 km) at 14 kn (26 km/h)
Boats & landing
craft carried
1 × 6.7 m (22 ft) Zodiac "Hurricane" RHIB
Complement21 (3 officers and 18 men)
Armament2 × 12.7 mm machine guns

The Flamant-class patrol vessel are a series of three Type OPV54 patrol boats of the French Navy used for fishery monitoring, search and rescue, and patrolling France's exclusive economic zone out to 200 nautical miles (370 km; 230 mi).