France has sent a patrol boat to search for a pirated ship in the Gulf of Guinea
Le 19 février 2021, le PHM PM L’Her effectue un entrainement au vol de drone.
Du 5 février au 5 mai 2021, le patrouilleur de haute mer (PHM) Premier Maître L’Her participe à l’opération Irini dans le golfe de Libye sous commandement européen’
L’opération Irini lutte contre le trafic d’armes suite à l’embargo imposé par les Nations Unies pour réduire l’escalade de la violence en Libye.
Press release: On Saturday 25 March at 2239Z, the Liberian-flagged tanker MONJASA REFORMER reported an attack in progress by five armed men while it was 140 nautical miles west of Pointe Noire (Congo).
This information is relayed by the Maritime Domain Awareness for Trade Gulf of Guinea (MDAT GoG), based in Brest and Portsmouth (UK).
On Sunday 26 March, the Chief Command for the Atlantic (CECLANT) sent the French Navy patrol boat Premier L’Her, which was in Libreville (Gabon) at the time, to reach the tanker’s last known position (05°03’N-009°35’E).
Since its arrival in the area on Monday 27 March in the early afternoon, this unit, equipped with an aerial surveillance drone, has been continuing its search for the vessel, which has not emitted any AIS since the beginning of the attack.
At this stage, the operations, carried out in conjunction with the other vessels present in the area, the Maritime Operational Center (MOC) of the region, the MRCC Monrovia and the MDAT GoG, remain unsuccessful.
The crew of the MONJASA REFORMER is made up of 16 sailors of different nationalities.
