Bâtiment ravitailleur de forces
Jacques Chevallier, lead ship of the class | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Jacques Chevallier class |
| Builders | Chantiers de l'Atlantique, Fincantieri |
| Operators | French Navy |
| Preceded by | Durance-class tanker |
| In commission | From 2024 |
| Planned | 4 |
| Building | 1 |
| Completed | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Replenishment ship |
| Displacement | 31,000 t (full load) |
| Length | 194 m (636 ft 6 in) |
| Beam | 27.4 m (89 ft 11 in) |
| Draught | 9 m (29 ft 6 in) |
| Speed |
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| Range | 7,000 nmi (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Endurance | 30 days |
| Armament | |
The bâtiments ravitailleurs de forces, or BRF, are a class of future fleet tankers that are to replace the Durance-class units in French Navy service. Until January 2019, the programme was known as Flotte logistique (abbreviated FLOTLOG in military parlance). First ship of the class was delivered to the French Navy in July 2023 and formally entered service in November 2024. The ships are part of the Vulcano-class logistic support ship programme.