French ship Laplace (A 793)

Laplace is a hydrographic survey ship of the French Navy, third of the Lapérouse-class survey ships.

French Ship Laplace
History
France
NameLaplace
NamesakeCyrille Pierre Théodore Laplace[1]
Laid down1 September 1987 [1]
Launched9 November 1988 [1]
Commissioned5 October 1989 [1]
IdentificationMMSI number: 228798000
Statusin active service
General characteristics
Class and typeLapérouse-class survey ship
Displacement
  • 850 t (837 long tons)
  • 980 t (965 long tons) full load
Length59 m (193 ft 7 in)
Beam10.9 m (35 ft 9 in)
Draught3.63 m (11 ft 11 in)
Propulsion
Range6,000 nmi (11,000 km) at 12 kn (14 mph; 22 km/h)
Complement
  • 3 officers
  • 10 non-commissioned officers
  • 18 enlisted personnel
  • 11 hydrographers
Armament2 × 12.7 mm machine guns

Career

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In 1999, Laplace surveyed the Persian Gulf, retrieving samples from the sea floor under 3000 metres of water.[2]

In 2004, she took part in an anti-drug operation leading to the capture of 2 tonnes of cocaine.[2]

In 2016, after the crash of EgyptAir Flight 804, Laplace was dispatched to search for the black boxes of the aircraft.[3][4] She departed her base of Porto-Vecchio, in Corsica, on 27 May and arrived at the search area by 31 May.[3] On 1 June Laplace detected a signal from one of the black box recorders.[5]

References

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Citations
  1. ^ a b c d Bâtiment hydrographique Laplace, netmarine.net
  2. ^ a b Histoire et actualités du BH Laplace, netmarine.net
  3. ^ a b "EgyptAir crash: French naval ship to join search". BBC News. 27 May 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  4. ^ Clark, Nicola; Walsh, Declan; Youssef, Nour (27 May 2016). "Investigators Race to Find EgyptAir Jet's Black Boxes". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  5. ^ Tran, Mark (2016-06-01). "EgyptAir flight 804: 'black box' signals from crashed plane detected". the Guardian. Retrieved 2016-06-01.
References
  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 2. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922. (1870-2006)

See also

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