French frigate Jean Bart
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Template:Infobox ship imageTemplate:Infobox ship careerTemplate:Infobox ship characteristicsJean Bart was a Template:Sclass anti-air frigate of the French Marine Nationale. She was the eighth[1] vessel of the French Navy named after the privateer Jean Bart. She was commissioned on 3 March 1991.[2]
Jean Bart was fitted with a number of types of prototype equipment which were later incorporated in the Template:Sclass frigates. The vessel was withdrawn from service in August 2021.[3]
Service history
On 12 April 2008, Jean Bart aided the capture of the pirates who had taken over the luxury yacht Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".. She took part in Operation Unified Protector until she returned to her home port Toulon in April 2011.[4]
In October 2014, Jean Bart entered the US Fifth Fleet and joined up with CTF 50 for Opération Chammal.[5]
On 11 October 2019, Jean Bart, accompanied by the Royal Navy frigate Template:HMS, intercepted a suspicious dhow in the Arabian Sea and seized Template:Convert of illegal narcotics.[6]
From 4 May to 1 June 2020, Jean Bart participated in the European Union's Operation Irini, enforcing the arms embargo on Libya.[7][8] The frigate returned to Toulon from her deployment to the Indian Ocean in March 2021[9] and had been expected to decommission in Spring 2021 to be replaced by the FREMM-class frigate Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"..[10] However, it was subsequently announced that the frigate would remain in service temporarily and deploy on one final mission to Greece in April to demonstrate her capabilities in the context of a French offer to transfer her to the Hellenic Navy.[11] After the Greek Government elected not to acquire her, Jean Bart was decommissioned on 31 August 2021.[3]
References
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