October 8, 2019 (Google Translation) – The surveillance frigate Prairial , based in Tahiti is on a fisheries policing mission in the exclusive economic zone of French Polynesia equivalent to 5 million km2, or half of the national maritime area. This mission is to ensure that no foreign ship comes to appropriate the fishery resources of the area. During this…
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March 20, 2019 (Google Translation) – Since 25 January, the ” Prairial ” surveillance frigate of the Armed Forces in French Polynesia has left the naval base of Papeete, its home port in Tahiti for an operational deployment of more than two months. Thanks to her ” Alouette III “, as well as to the ” Prairial ” boats ,…
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Google translation On 18 June, the Prairial leaving San Diego, the second largest naval base of the US Navy and home port of the 3 th Fleet, towards Pearl Harbor to participate in the exercise “Rim of the Pacific 2018″ , the largest naval gathering in the world. This exercise runs from June 27th to August 2nd, on and off…
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Google Translation On May 23, 2018, the Prairial surveillance frigate left Callao, the port of Lima, Peru. Because of the distance between France and Peru, stopovers of French buildings are rare, while the Andean country is a historic ally and a regional partner of choice in the Pacific. The last operational release was in 2015, during the previous Prairial .…
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