France French Navy’s New BRF Supply Ships Assembled in Record Time

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The final block being lowered. Chantiers de l'Atlantique picture.

Chantiers de l'Atlantique completed in record time the assembly of the “Jacques Chevallier”, the French shipyard announced on its social media last week. The last block of the first of four new logistic support ships (LSS) known as "BRF" for the French Navy (Marine Nationale) was successfully connected with the rest of the hull at the shipyard in St Nazaire.​

By doing so, Chantiers de l’Atlantique just completed an assembly process which started on December 15, 2021 with the arrival of the first section. The assembly of the Jacques Chevallier was then carried out in record time of 50 days, the shipyard said yesterday.




The keel-laying of the “Jacques Chevallier” took place at the Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard in late December.




A keel laying ceremony was initially set to take place on 14 December 2021 (two days prior to the keel laying of the first FDI new generation frigate for the French Navy) and Naval News was set to cover the event. However the ceremony was cancelled at the time due to bad weather: The forward section of the ship, which was built in Italy by local shipbuilder Fincantieri, could not be delivered in time. It appears that the keel laying took place on Christmas Eve, with no ceremony, no fanfare and no coverage.

French Navy's New BRF Supply Ships Assembled in Record Time - Naval News

Chantiers de l'Atlantique completed in record time the assembly of the “Jacques Chevallier”, the French shipyard announced on its social media last week. The last block of the first of four new logistic support ships (LSS) known as "BRF" for the French Navy (Marine Nationale) was successfully...

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