# French aviso Enseigne de vaisseau Jacoubet

Enseigne de vaisseau Jacoubet (F794) is a D'Estienne d'Orves-class aviso in the French Navy.

## Design

Armed by a crew of 90 sailors, these vessels have the reputation of being among the most difficult in bad weather. Their high windage makes them particularly sensitive to pitch and roll as soon as the sea is formed.
Their armament, consequent for a vessel of this tonnage, allows them to manage a large spectrum of missions. During the Cold War, they were primarily used to patrol the continental shelf of the Atlantic Ocean in search of Soviet Navy submarines. Due to the poor performance of the hull sonar, as soon as an echo appeared, the reinforcement of an ASM frigate was necessary to chase it using its towed variable depth sonar.
Their role as patrollers now consists mainly of patrols and assistance missions, as well as participation in UN missions (blockades, flag checks) or similar marine policing tasks (fight against drugs, extraction of nationals, fisheries control, etc.). The mer-mer 38 or mer-mer 40 missiles have been landed, but they carry several machine guns and machine guns, more suited to their new missions.
Its construction cost was estimated at 270,000,000 French francs.

## Construction and career

Enseigne de vaisseau Jacoubet was laid down in April 1979 at Arsenal de Lorient, Lorient. The aviso was launched on 29 September 1981 and commissioned on 23 October 1982.
In January 2013, during Operation Serval in Mali, Enseigne de vaisseau Jacoubet escorted the ro-ro vessel MN Eider chartered by the French Navy, which was transporting equipment to Senegal.
In 2014, the ship participated in Operation Corymbe, off West Africa.
In May 2016, she participated in search operations for EgyptAir Flight 804, which disappeared on 19 May 2016 in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
On 15 February 2019, the vessel joined the European operation EU Navfor Med in order to fight against trafficking in the Mediterranean. The ship left the operation on March 14, after 28 days of engagement. She was transferred from her home port of Toulon in July 2020 to Brest. In 2022, it was indicated that the ship would be equipped with the SMDM (navy mini-drone system) to enhance her surveillance capabilities. She began a short upgrade from November 2022 to February 2023 to integrate the new system.
Enseigne de vaisseau Jacoubet is scheduled to be withdrawn from service in 2026 and be replaced by one of a new class of ocean-going patrol vessels (the Patrouilleurs Hauturiers).

## Citations

* 1 2 3 "Patrouilleurs: Les avisos français sur tous les fronts" [Patrol ships: French Avisos on all fronts.]. asafrance.fr (in French). 26 January 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
* ↑ "Euronaval: First details of the Patrouilleurs Océanique (PO) platform unveiled". Naval News. 23 October 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
* ↑ Quid 1996. p. 2036. ISBN 2-221-08055-6.
* ↑ "Le MN Eider sous la protection des avisos" [The MN Eider under the protection of the avisos]. Mer et Marine (in French). 5 February 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
* ↑ "Opération Corymbe : L'aviso EV Jacoubet en action civilo militaire à Dakar | colsbleus.fr : le magazine de la Marine Nationale". colsbleus.fr. Archived from the original on 17 December 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
* ↑ "Disparition du vol d'EgyptAir : La marine française mobilisée" [EgyptAir flight disappearance: French Navy mobilized]. Mer et Marine (in French). 20 May 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
* ↑ "Le Jacoubet quitte la zone d'opération. L'avenir de Sophia toujours en pointillé". B2 Le média de l'Europe géopolitique (in French). 14 March 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
* ↑ "L'Enseigne de Vaisseau Jacoubet prend ses quartiers à Brest". Mer et Marine (in French). 17 July 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
* ↑ "L'Enseigne de vaisseau Jacoubet fête ses 40 ans" [Enseigne de vaisseau Jacoubet celebrates its 40th anniversary]. French Navy. 28 October 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
* ↑ Groizeleau, Vincent (6 May 2021). "La Marine nationale va rapidement désarmer ses derniers PHM" [The French Navy will quickly disarm its last PHM]. Mer et Marine (in French). Retrieved 15 June 2021.