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The French customs coastguard patrol boat Jacques Oudart Fourmentin based in the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer. In order to carry out its missions, the Coastguard Service of the French Customs has intervention and interception resources, including 18 speedboats and patrol boats sailing within 200 nautical miles and 13 coastal speedboats that operate ...
The Haize Hegoa type patrol boats are a series of eight swift boats used by the Directorate-general of customs and indirect taxes, the French customs service. Haize Hegoa means southern wind in the Basque language .
Each boat carries a 6.7 m (22 ft) Zodiac "Hurricane" rigid-hulled inflatable boat, powered by a 200 hp (149 kW) water jet engine that gives a top speed of 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph). [ 1 ] Replacement of this class is currently envisaged after 2027 with a new class of significantly larger patrol vessels (the Patrouilleurs Hauturiers ).
The Maritime Gendarmerie (French: Gendarmerie maritime) is a component of the French National Gendarmerie under operational control of the chief of staff of the French Navy. It employs 1,157 personnel and operates around thirty patrol boats and high-speed motorboats distributed on the littoral waterways of France. [ 3 ]
FPB 38, Indonesian Customs, 38 meter long aluminium patrol boat made by local shipyard PT PAL. FPB 57, Indonesian Navy, 57 meter long patrol boat designed by Lurssen and made by PT PAL, ASM and heli deck equipped for some version. PC-40, Indonesian Navy, 40 meter long FRP/Aluminum patrol boat, locally made by in house Navy's workshop.
The Vedettes côtières de surveillance maritime (VCSM, "coastal boats for sea surveillance") are swift craft of the French Gendarmerie maritime. 24 boats of the type have been commissioned. They are based in various harbours of France, and are used for coast guard duties ranging from rescue to military tasks, including monitoring of pollution ...
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Suroît was commissioned in 1988 as one of two Avel Gwalarn-class patrol boats built by the Estérel shipyard in Cannes. The hull was planked with three layers of mahogany wood. The vessel was christened by French biathlete Emmanuelle Claret [2] and put in service by the Directorate-General of Customs and Indirect Taxes with the pennant number ...