Current Name |
Cephee |
Previous Name |
Fuchsia (M 919) (until 1993) |
Ships Sign |
M 652 |
Call Sign |
FACP |
Operator |
French Navy - Mine Warfire Force, Brest, France |
Owner |
France Ministry of Defence, Paris, France |
Flag |
France |
Port of Registry |
Brest |
Type of Ship |
minehunter |
Completion |
1988 |
Shipyard |
Béliard-Murdoch S.A., Ostend, Belgium |
Displacement [t] |
605 |
Overall Length [m] |
51,50 |
Registered Breadth [m] |
8,90 |
Maximum Draught [m] |
3,80 |
Propulsion [KW] |
1.400 |
Propulsion [BHP] |
1.903 |
Speed [Kn] |
15,0 |
Additional Information |
original 5th Belgian "Flower" ("Tripartite") class coastal minehunter [MHC], now "Eridan" class (original 10 vessels, 3 of them were later sold to France), also see >Pegase< - (all in all 35 vessels for Belgium, France and the Netherlands), also see exemplary >BNS Crocus< (BE) and >HNLMS Makkum< (NL) - main armament: 1x 20-mm AA gun GIAT F2 |