Tonnerre Has First of Class Trials of H160
On July 8, 2024, for the first time, an H160 helicopter from Flotilla 32F landed on an amphibious helicopter carrier. Taking advantage of the passage off the coast of Brittany…
US, French Conduct Bilateral Naval Exercise
The Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) will lead Exercise Chesapeake 2024 with the French Marine Nationale, from June 13-16, in the U.S. 2nd Fleet area…
Joan of Arc Mission 2024
This ceremony, presided over by Vice-Admiral Éric Janicot, Director of Naval Personnel, was marked by the presentation of the halberd by Vice-Admiral Laurent Hemmer, Admiral Commanding the Naval Academy, to…
First Franco-Cypriot Cooperative Amphibious Exercise
From 8 to 10 November, the amphibious helicopter carrier (PHA) Tonnerre and its detachments took part in a sequence in cooperation with the Cypriot Armed Forces in the south of…
European Exercise MILEX 23 Concludes
The amphibious helicopter carrier (PHA) Tonnerre and the joint detachments it embarked are back in Toulon after their participation in the European exercise MILEX 23. crisis management scenario. An important…
FS Tonnerre Has Busy Training Time in Mediterranean Sea
The vessel participated in the senior anti-submarine warfare exercise SQUALE, as part of the scenario of conducting an amphibious operation under underwater threat. Escorted by the multi-mission frigate with enhanced…
SQUALE 2023: Preparation for High-Intensity Combat Under the Sea
From 2 to 12 May 2023, the SQUALE anti-submarine warfare exercise took place between Toulon and Corsica. The multi-mission frigate with enhanced air defense capability (FREMM DA) Alsace held the…
ORION 23 – Task Force 471 Put to the Test
It is between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. on Sunday March 5, a few dozen nautical miles from Toulon. A FREMM engaged in the ORION 23 exercise is the victim…
French Navy Conducts ADEX in Mediterranean Sea
On January 25, 2023, the air defense frigate (FDA) Chevalier Paul conducted a large-scale air defense exercise (ADEX) off the Mediterranean coast, with the amphibious helicopter carrier Tonnerre and the…
FS Tonnerre Returns to Toulon for Christmas
On Thursday, December 15, 2022, the amphibious helicopter carrier (PHA) Tonnerre reached its base port of Toulon, after a mission of 70 days, including 57 spent in the Gulf of…