French ship Dupuy de Lôme (A759) explained

Dupuy de Lôme (A759), named after the 19th century engineer Henri Dupuy de Lôme, is a ship designed for the collection of signals and communications beyond enemy lines, which entered the service of the French Navy in April 2006. In contrast to Bougainville, the ship that she replaced, Dupuy de Lôme was specifically designed for sea intelligence, pursuant to the MINREM project (Moyen Interarmées Naval de Recherche ElectroMagnétique, "Joint Naval Resources for Electromagnetic Research").

Design and description

Dupuy de Lôme was designed and built by Royal Niestern Sander shipyards in Delfzijl, The Netherlands with yard number 816. The Thales Naval France designed the electromagnetic intelligence part of the vessel.She provides a 350-day-operational availability a year, out of which 240 can be spent at sea. The ship is operated by two naval crews, each composed of thirty-three sailors and another thirty-three technicians, and an optional complement of up to thirty-eight specialists, depending on the mission. The specialised personnel operates under the Direction du renseignement militaire.

Construction and career

On 21 June 2015, Dupuy de Lôme entered the Black Sea along with as part of NATO's presence missions following the Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation.[1]

In October 2021, during rising tensions between China and Taiwan,[2] France confirmed that Dupuy de Lôme had been present in the Taiwan Strait recently, having been last seen sailing from Japan on 1 October 2021.[3] As of July 2022, it was berthed in Bergen, Norway.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Destroyer USS Laboon, French Surveillance Ship Enter Black Sea . LaGrone . Sam . 22 June 2015 . USNI News . 27 October 2015.
  2. Web site: 12 October 2021 . As Taiwan tensions grow, US and China seek right decibel. 14 October 2021. France 24 . Agence France Presse.
  3. Web site: Yeh. Joseph. Ting-hsuan. Tseng. 13 October 2021. France confirms naval presence in Taiwan Strait . Focus Taiwan. 13 October 2021.
  4. Web site: Imgur . French SIGINT ship Dupuy de Lôme (A759) in Bergen, July 16, 2022 . 2022-07-27 . Imgur . en.

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