
Video: Launch of the Jacques Chevallier for the French Navy
On 29 April, the first of the four force replenishment vessels (BRF – Bรขtiments Ravitailleurs de Force in French) was launched in Saint-Nazaire for the French Navy (Marine Nationale).

On 29 April, the first of the four force replenishment vessels (BRF – Bรขtiments Ravitailleurs de Force in French) was launched in Saint-Nazaire for the French Navy (Marine Nationale).
On 29 April, the first of the four force replenishment vessels (BRF – Bรขtiments Ravitailleurs de Force in French) of the FLOTLOG program was launched in Saint-Nazaire.
French shipbuilder Chantiers de l’Atlantique is set to launch the โJacques Chevallierโ on Friday 29 April. The vessel is the first of four new logistic support ships (LSS) known as “BRF” for the French Navy (Marine Nationale).

Chantiers de l’Atlantique completed in record time the assembly of the โJacques Chevallierโ, the French shipyard announced on its social media last week…
The OCCAR announced that Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri held the steel cutting of the bow section for the โJacques Stosskopfโ. The vessel is the second of four new logistic support ships (LSS) known as “BRF” for the French Navy (Marine Nationale).
The keel-laying of the โJacques Chevallierโ, the first of four new logistic support ships (LSS) known as “BRF” for the French Navy (Marine Nationale) took place at the Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard in St Nazaire.
The forward section of the Jacques Chevallier, the first of four Logistic Support Ships (LSS) ordered by Chantiers de lโAtlantique to Fincantieri under the French Navy FLOTLOG program (โFlotte logistiqueโ), was delivered on November 6 at the Castellammare di Stabia (Naples) shipyard.
The first MV7000 drives for the Logistic Support Ship (LSS) FLOTLOG program has successfully passed their Factory Acceptance Tests at GE Power Conversion Nancy Factory, reaching a first milestone for the new fleet of LSS of the French Navy.
After 38 years of service, nearly 2,300 replenishments at sea, and more than 1 million nautical miles sailed, the command and replenishment ship – Bรขtiment de Commandement et de Ravitaillement (BCR) – ‘Var’ left active service on July 1, 2021.
The keel-laying of the forward section of โJacques Chevallierโ, the first of four logistic support units LSS…