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Patrol boat
Flamant-class patrol vessel is a patrol boat. It was built by Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie, Cherbourg. Reported operators include French Navy.
Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie, Cherbourg
French Navy
Patrouilleurs Hauturiers
1996–present
3
3
Patrol boat
300 tonnes (295 long tons) standard 477 tonnes (469 long tons) full load
54 m (177 ft 2 in) o/a
10 m (32 ft 10 in)
2.2 m (7 ft 3 in)
2 × 3,050 hp (2,274 kW) Deutz-MWM TBD 620 V16 diesel engines 2 × 930 hp (694 kW) Deutz-MWM TBD234 V12 diesel engines 2 × variable-pitch propellers
23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph)
4,500 nmi (8,300 km) at 14 kn (26 km/h)
1 × 6.7 m (22 ft) Zodiac "Hurricane" RHIB
21 (3 officers and 18 men)
2 × 12.7 mm machine guns
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept 2026 | 54 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 54 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 54 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 54 m | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 54 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
Flamant-class patrol vessel equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
FranceNavy exact named equipment holdings: Flamant. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS / PCC. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Reported count for Flamant class. Service scope: French Navy ships; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct quantity component(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Explicit source inventory scope: active; no other stock status or total inferred. Count column(s): in service: 3. Origin: unstated. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.