EU NAVFOR welcomes the French warship FS JACOUBET
December 13, 2010 - 17:46
On 12 December, FS JACOUBET and her 89 crewmembers joined Operation ATALANTA.
FS JACOUBET is a French frigate that has entered service with the French Navy in 1982. She has a displacement of 1,175 tons and a length of 80 meters.
EU NAVFOR Somalia – Operation ATALANTA’s main tasks are to escort merchant vessels carrying humanitarian aid of the World Food Programme (WFP) and vessels of African Union Mission in Somalia, AMISOM and to protect vulnerable vessels in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean and to deter and disrupt piracy. In addition, EU NAVFOR monitors fishing activity off the coast of Somalia.
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