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Patrol & mine warfare vessels18 September 1986Profile in progress
Patrol ship
P400-class patrol vessel is a patrol ship. It was built by Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie. Reported operators include Marine Nationale (1986-2023) Gabonese Navy Kenya Navy Brazilian Navy.
P400
Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie
Marine Nationale (1986-2023) Gabonese Navy Kenya Navy Brazilian Navy
Modified D'Estienne d'Orves class ; * Confiance-class patrol vessel Patrouilleur Outre-mer Patrouilleurs Hauturiers
Macaé class
18 September 1986
2 former French Navy vessels transferred to Gabon and Kenya, plus 2 built for Gabon
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Patrol ship
373 tonnes (367 long tons )
54.8 m (179 ft 9 in)
8 m (26 ft 3 in)
2.54 m (8 ft 4 in)
Electrical plant: 3 GE Poyaud Jeumond (120 kW (160 hp ) each)
Engines : 2 diesel SEMT Pielstick 200PAVGDS 3,700 hp (2,800 kW) each 7,400 hp (5,500 kW), 2 inversor-reductors, 2 fixed-blade propellers
24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph)
1 × EFRC 10 seats 1 × EFR 10 seats
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UHF, VHF, HF, 1 DECCA 1226, 1 OMEGA M6, MF CRM 4215 radiogoniometer, shallow water tester, Ben LMN3 loch, CGM4 gyroscopic compass
Bofors 40 mm gun 20 mm modèle F2 gun 2 × AA-52 machine guns
The P400 class are fitted with a hydraulic crane capable of lifting 2.5 t (2.5 long tons; 2.8 short tons). This allows to use them for anti-pollution operations, by embarking and debarking equipment and anti-pollution chemicals, and to lift out small craft whilst at sea. An unusual feature for ships of this size, the Operational Centre allows a complete monitoring of close surface situations, using radar indicators and tracking tables. The engine can now be monitored remotely, which allows for a smaller crew. The maintenance of the ship was simplified notably by choosing those solutions which allow to clean the ship whilst in populated areas. The P400 class can stay 15 days at sea, and have 20 days of food supplies for 28 adults.
After further studies, it became possible to gain the space of one propulsion compartment, which is now used for cargo and personnel. The ships can ferry 20 people, and up to 60 for short travel with a calm sea.
In December 2019 six 80-metre (260 ft) Patrouilleur Outre-mer (POM-type) patrol vessels were ordered as replacements for the P400s as well as for other French coast guard vessels. These were to be delivered between 2022 and 2025 to protect the exclusive economic zone of French overseas territories in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific. In May 2021, it was reported that the delivery of the first of these vessels would be delayed, from an originally planned in-service date of 2022, until 2023.
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P400-class patrol vessel equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
KenyaNavy exact named equipment holdings: Harambee II (ex-FRA P400). 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.
Marine Nationale (1986-2023) Gabonese Navy Kenya Navy Brazilian Navy
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