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Socarenam begins sea trials of the First POM OPV
Auguste Benebig leaving shipyard for the trials (Socarenam photo)

Socarenam begins sea trials of the First POM OPV

The French shipbuilder Socarenam starts the sea trials of the first POM (Patrouilleur d'Outre-Mer) Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV), the "Auguste Benebig", on 26 July 2022.

Naval News Staff 27 Jul 2022

Socarenam announced the beginning of the sea trials on its official Linkedin account.

“This morning the Offshore Patrol Vessel “AUGUSTE BENEBIG” leaves the Socarenam shipyard for its first sea trials.”


Socarenam Linkedin account

The “Auguste Benebig” was launched at the Socarenam shipyard in Saint Malo (Brittany) on 15 October 2021 as part of the POM program, and became ready for the sea trials in 9 months.

Socarenam photo

The ship was planned to join the Brest naval base in order to carry out all her tests and qualifications. The vessel is scheduled to be delivered to the French Navy in late 2022 or early 2023.

POM Offshore Patrol Vessels for the Indo-Pacific

French Navy POM OPV Socarenam
Rendering of POM (Socarenam image)

For the record, the French Minister of the Armed Forces confirmed on January 17, 2020 an order for six “POM” offshore patrol vessels (OPV). The contract was awarded on December 24, 2019 to a Socarenam / CNN MCO consortium by the French armament procurement agency (DGA). Intended for the French Navy, these OPVs will be based in French overseas territories to replace ageing P400-class patrol boats.

The future POM patrol vessels will carry out protection missions in the French exclusive economic zones (EEZ), intervention against maritime pollution and for environmental protection, as well as rescue and assistance to people.

Two patrol boats will each be based in New Caledonia (Nouméa), French Polynesia (Papeete) and La Réunion (Port-des-Galets). The first of them, based in New Caledonia, will be christened August Bénébig, a native of Noumea and will be followed by the Jean Tranape. Those destined for French Polynesia will be baptized Teriieroo a teriierooiterai and Philippe Bernardino, those in La Réunion Auguste Techer and Félix Éboué.

The POM will have an endurance of 30 days without refueling. Each ship will accommodate a crew of 30 sailors and 23 passengers and operate an unmanned aerial vehicle (SMDM Aliaca by Survey Copter). Their armament will include a 20mm caliber remote-controlled turret (Narwhal by Nexter), as well as 12.7 mm and 7.62mm machine guns. Nexeya is supplying the combat management system. HENSOLDT UK is supplying the Kelvin Hughes Mk11 SharpEye surface search radars with combined HENSOLDT MSSR 2000 IFF systems. Vestdavit is supplying fast rescue boat davit systems.

The POM vessel are 79.9 meters long and 11.8 meters wide, with a draft of 3.5 meters for a displacement of 1,300 tons at full load.

Naval News visited the shipyard in July. To learn more about Socarenam and the POM program, check out our video report at this link:

French Navy’s new POM OPVs Take Shape at Socarenam Shipyard
OPV POM Socarenam 2022-07-27
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