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…
Tonnerre Seizes 4.6 tons of Cocaine in the Gulf of Guinea
On 30 November, under the direction of the Maritime Prefect of the Atlantic and the Prosecutor of the Republic of Brest, the amphibious helicopter carrier (PHA) Tonnerre seized more than…