Maritime Gendarmerie

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The Maritime Gendarmerie (Template:Langx) is a component of the French National Gendarmerie under operational control of the chief of staff of the French Navy. It employs 1,157 personnel and operates around thirty patrol boats and high-speed motorboats distributed on the littoral waterways of France.[1] Like their land-based colleagues the Gendarmes Maritime are military personnel who carry out policing operations in addition to their primary role as a coast guard service. They also carry out provost duties within the French Navy.

The uniforms and insignia of the Gendarmerie Maritime are very similar to those of the French Navy, but the ranks used are those of the rest of the Gendarmerie (which are the same as the traditional ranks of the French Cavalry).

Mission

The mission of the Maritime Gendarmerie is as follows:[2]

Organisation

The Maritime Gendarmerie is commanded by a colonel who is assisted by a staff located in Paris. The coastguard is divided into 3 groupings, 7 companies and 64 units (brigades of research, brigades of monitoring of the littoral, group of safety of the protected zones, group of monitoring of intervention and reinforcement, patrol craft, coastal high-speed motorboats of maritime surveillance) whose geographical distribution is as follows:[1]

  • Metropolitan France :
    • grouping of the English Channel and the North Sea in Cherbourg (2 companies)
    • grouping of the Atlantic in Brest (4 companies);
    • grouping of the Mediterranean in Toulon (2 companies);
    • company from Paris to the Career-on-Seine (under the authority of the headquarters);
    • national instruction center of the GM (C.N.I.G.M) in Toulon.
  • Overseas:

Personnel

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Two members of the Maritime Gendarmerie in a rubber boat.

Commissioned officers are recruited from holders of a master's degree; non-commissioned officers from holders of a high school diploma giving access to university studies; auxiliary gendarmes are recruited without any specific educational prerequisite. Members of the maritime gendarmerie are recruited among officers, nco's and auxiliary gendarmes with a few years of general gendarmerie service. Certificate of competency for sea or inland water navigation and training in scuba diving is a merit for those who wants to join. Within the maritime gendarmerie there exists further specializations such as coxswain, mechanic, diver, underwater investigation technician, maritime and port security operative and watch-keeping officer.[8][9][10]

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Patrol boats

Class Picture Type Boat Displacement Note
Maroni class Patrol boat P692 Maroni
P693 Oyapock
P694 Aber Ildut		 72.5 tonnes Based in English Channel/North Sea region: Cherbourg, Dunkirk and Boulogne-sur-Mer[11]
File:PM32 01.JPG Patrol boat P719 Armoise 76 tonnes Former Directorate for Maritime Affairs vessel based in Cherbourg pending arrival of PCG-NG boats starting 2025[12][13]
PCG-NG class Patrol boat P727 Rozel (projected Fall 2025) 350 tonnes Six vessels planned for delivery from 2025; P727 to be based in Cherbourg;[14] subsequent vessels replacing Géranium and Jonquille classes[15][16]
Géranium class File:Patrouilleur Géranium Gendarmerie maritime.jpg Patrol boat P720 Géranium
P722 Violette		 100 tonnes P720 based in Lorient;[17] P722 in Guadeloupe[18]
Jonquille class Patrol boat P721 Jonquille
P723 Jasmin		 98 tonnes P721 based in Toulon;[19] P723 in Papeete[20]
Elorn class File:Patrouilleur Gendarmerie Maritime.jpg Patrol boat P601 Elorn
P602 Verdon
P603 Adour
P604 Scarpe
P605 Vertonne
P606 Dumbéa
P607 Yser
P608 Argens
P609 Hérault
P610 Gravona
P611 Odet
P612 Maury
P613 Charente
P614 Tech
P615 Penfeld
P616 Trieux
P617 Vésubie
P618 Escaut
P619 Huveaune
P620 Sèvre
P621 Aber Wrac'h
P622 Esteron
P623 Mahury
P624 Organabo		 41 tonnes As of 2023: 11 units reported based in the Atlantic/English Channel/North Sea region; 7 in the Mediterranean; 2 in French Guiana; 2 in Mayotte; 1 in New Caledonia (one vessel - Mahury, P623 - reported unserviceable as of late 2022;[21][22][23] Odet and Verdon - P602 & P611 - reportedly damaged "beyond repair" in Mayotte by Cyclone Chido in December 2024; replaced by P603 Adour in early 2025)[5][6][24]
Pavois class Patrol boat P692 Pavois
P693 Ecu
P964 Rondache
P695 Harnois
P696 Haubert
P697 Heaume
P698 Brigantine
P699 Gantelet		 10.2 tonnes All boats in service since 2011; reported based in: Le Havre (2 units), Port de Bouc (2 units), Marseille, Cherbourg, Brest and Toulon[25]

See also

References

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  8. ↑ "Gendarme en unité nautique et maritime." La gendarmerie recrute. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
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  10. ↑ "Pelotons de sûreté maritime et portuaire : intervention renforcée." Retrieved March 26, 2023.
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