 French Ship Laplace
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| History | |
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| Name | Laplace |
| Namesake | Cyrille Pierre Théodore Laplace |
| Laid down | 1 September 1987 |
| Launched | 9 November 1988 |
| Commissioned | 5 October 1989 |
| Identification | MMSI number: 228798000 |
| Status | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Lapérouse-class survey ship |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 59 m (193 ft 7 in) |
| Beam | 10.9 m (35 ft 9 in) |
| Draught | 3.63 m (11 ft 11 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Range | 6,000 nmi (11,000 km) at 12 kn (14 mph; 22 km/h) |
| Complement |
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| Armament | 2 × 12.7 mm machine guns |
Laplace is a hydrographic survey ship of the French Navy, third of the Lapérouse-class survey ships.
Career
In 1999, Laplace surveyed the Persian Gulf, retrieving samples from the sea floor under 3000 metres of water.
In 2004, she took part in an anti-drug operation leading to the capture of 2 tonnes of cocaine.
In 2016, after the crash of EgyptAir Flight 804, Laplace was dispatched to search for the black boxes of the aircraft. She departed her base of Porto-Vecchio, in Corsica, on 27 May and arrived at the search area by 31 May. On 1 June Laplace detected a signal from one of the black box recorders.
References
- Citations
- ^ Bâtiment hydrographique Laplace, netmarine.net
- ^ Histoire et actualités du BH Laplace, netmarine.net
- ^ "EgyptAir crash: French naval ship to join search". BBC News. 27 May 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
- Clark, Nicola; Walsh, Declan; Youssef, Nour (27 May 2016). "Investigators Race to Find EgyptAir Jet's Black Boxes". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
- Tran, Mark (2016-06-01). "EgyptAir flight 804: 'black box' signals from crashed plane detected". the Guardian. Retrieved 2016-06-01.
- References
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 2. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922. (1870-2006)