Jules Verne A620

Achéron class - AO - Support Ship

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Call Sign:	FBAC
Shipyard:	DCNS - Brest

Events

History of Jules Verne A620

1961	Ordered	Ordered
1969-jul-15	Laid down	Laid down as Achéron.
1970-may-30	Launched	Launched
1973-jul-09	Refit	Refit from munitions ship to fleet replenishment and renamed Jules Verne.
1976-sep-17	Commissioned	Commissioned
1976-oct-07	Homeport	Homeport Djibouti Port assigned to Djibouti.
1977-may-14	Port Visit	Port Visit Port Reunion port visit and operations around Reunion.
1978-jan-20	Port Visit	Port Visit Victoria Harbour visited Seychelles.
1979-aug-18	Port Visit	Port Visit Port de Longoni visited Mayotte, until 23 Aug.
1980-jan-22	Port Visit	Port Visit Port of Colombo visited Colombo, until 26 Jan.
1980-oct-16	Port Visit	Port Visit Port Mombasa visited Mombassa, until 24 Oct.
1981-mar	Port Visit	Port Visit Djibouti Port alongside at Djibouti, from time to time with the Loire.
1983-may-30	Deployment	Deployment Port Reunion extended visit to Port les Galets on Reunion, until 17 Aug.
1986-jan-17	Deployment	Deployment off Aden Operation Balsac ordered to Aden, with a Puma and 2 Alouettte III embarked, to evacuate French nationals.
1986-sep-23	Deployment	Deployment off Berbera rendezvous with HMS Scylla, off Berbera.
1988-apr-09	Port Visit	Port Visit Jeddah Naval Base visited Jeddah, until 13 Apr.
1988-sep-13	Port Visit	Port Visit Port of Mogadishu visited Mogadishu, until 17 Sep.
1988-dec-13	Refit	Refit general upgrade of facilities at Ponant, until mid Mar 1989.
1991-jan-03	Deployment	Deployment Port of Mogadishu Opération Bérénice assisted in evacuating French and other nationals from Somalia, initially to Djibouti.
2004-may-26	Deployment	Deployment Gulf of Guinea Operation Corymbe deployed to Mission Corymbe, until early Aug.
2005-jul-18	Deployment	Deployment Gulf of Guinea Operation Corymbe deployed to Mission Corymbe, until mid Oct.
2009-feb-20	Decommissioned	Decommissioned
2016-may	Fate: scrapped	Fate: scrapped Ghent towed from Toulon to the Galoo yard in Ghent, to be scrapped.