French ship Jules Verne (A620)

Jules Verne is a repair ship of the French Navy, named in honour of science-fiction writer Jules Verne.

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Jules Verne.
Jules Verne moored at Toulon harbour in October 2001
History
France
Name: Achéron
Namesake: Acheron
Ordered: 1961
Builder: Brest
Laid down: 1969
Renamed: Jules Verne
Namesake: Jules Verne
Launched: 30 May 1970
Commissioned: 17 September 1976
Decommissioned: 17 September 2010
Out of service: 20 February 2009
Reclassified: to repair ship in 1973
Homeport: Toulon
Motto: Soutenir pour vaincre ("Support and overcome")
Fate: Scrapped 2016
General characteristics
Class and type: Unique auxiliary ship
Displacement:
  • 7,815 unloaded
  • 10,250 tonnes fully loaded
Length: 151 m (495 ft)
Beam: 21.56 m (70.7 ft)
Draught: 6.50 m (21.3 ft)
Propulsion:
  • 2 Pielstick 12PC2V400 engines
  • One shaft
  • 12,000 shp (8,900 kW)
Speed: 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Range: 9,385 nmi (17,381 km; 10,800 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)[1]
Boats & landing
craft carried:
  • On 9-metre VD9 boat
  • Two LCVP
  • One Dory 17
  • One 3.5-metre boat
  • One two-part hulk
  • Two Rigid-hulled inflatable boats (6 and 10 seats)
Capacity: 300 tonnes of ammunition, 500 tonnes of matériel, 1000 tonnes of oil, 120 m3 of kerosene, 400m3 of water, 40 days worth of food for 300 men.
Complement:
  • 16 officers
  • 148 non-commissioned officers
  • 103 quarter-masters and sailors
Armament:

Originally named Achéron and intended as an ammunition transport ship, she was converted to repair ship after her keel had been laid.

Jules Verne was long based in Djibouti (she was featured on the 10 000-Djiboutian francs banknote). In 1997, she was assigned to the Force d'Action Navale.

She was designed to replenish, refuel and repair the ships of an operational force at sea. She was fitted with a complete 240-m2 hospital including an operating theatre, a recompression chamber and 16 beds.

In May 2016 Jules Verne arrived at Ghent, Belgium for recycling by Galloo Group.[2][3]

References
  1. "BAP Jules Verne - Présentation / Description". www.alabordache.fr. Retrieved September 28, 2019.
  2. "La Belgique championne du recyclage durable des navires". RTBF info (in French). Brussels: RTBF (Radio Télévision Belge de la Communauté française). 26 May 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  3. "Op weg naar het scheepskerkhof". Omroep Zeeland (in Dutch). Oost Souburg, Netherlands. 29 May 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.

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