Jules Verne (Repair ship)

[john sefton]

The Jules Verne is a repair ship of the French navy, name in honour of science-fiction writer Jules Verne.

Originally named Achéron and intended as an ammunition transport ship, she was converted to repair ship on keel.

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

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

Ordered: 1961 Builder: Brest Laid down: 1969 Launched: 30 May 1970
Christened: Achéron
Commissioned: 17 September 1976
Reclassified: to repair ship in 1973
Homeport: Toulon
Motto: Soutenir pour vaincre ("Support to prevail")
Fate: In active service
Class and type: Unique auxiliary ship
Displacement: 7815 unloaded 10250 tonnes fully loaded
Length: 151 metres Beam: 21.56 metres Draught:6.50 metres
Propulsion: 2 Pielstick 12PC2V400 engines One shaft 12000 shp Speed:19 knots
Range: 12000 at 18 knots 29000 knots at 11 knots
Boats and 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 ammunitions, 500 tonnes of matériel, 1000 tones of oil, 120 m3 of kerozen, 400m3 of water, 40 days worth of food for 300 men.
Complement: 16 officers, 148 non-commissioned officers, 103 quarter-masters and sailors
Armament:
2 Bofors 40 mm guns
4 12.7mm M2 Browning machine guns

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French Southern and Antarctic Terr SG238

[aukepalmhof]

20 February 2009 out of service.
In May 2016 JULES VERNE arrived at Ghent, Belgium under tow of the Dutch tug MULTRATUG 20 for recycling by Galloo Group.