Navires en visite au Maroc

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Première escale du Forbin : Casablanca

La frégate de défense aérienne Forbin , qui a entamé sa traversée de longue durée (TLD) le 3 mars dernier,a fait escale du 6 au 11 mars, dans la ville mythique de Casablanca au Maroc.

D’après le commandant de la frégate, le capitaine de vaisseau Christophe Balducci, cette escale devait permettre aux marocains, qui ont commandé une frégate européenne multi missions (FREMM) qui doit leur être livrée en 2013, de découvrir un bâtiment de nouvelle génération. En effet, cette FREMM, la deuxième de la série après l’ «Aquitaine», sera le premier bâtiment neuf acheté à la France par le Maroc depuis les deux frégates de surveillance Hassan II et Mohamed V. De nombreuses visites du Forbin ont été effectuées au profit des marins marocains, de tous les groupes de grades.

Les actions de soutien à l’exportation constituent un des objectifs de la TLD du Forbin, vitrine du savoir faire français et européen dans le domaine de la construction navale militaire et de la mise au point des systèmes complexes embarqués. Différents industriels devraient ainsi rejoindre le bâtiment au cours de sa TLD afin de présenter sur un stand leurs derniers matériels.

À l’appareillage de Casablanca, le Forbin a effectué différents exercices avec le Mohamed V et le Panther embarqué à son bord. Une double coopération puisque l’un des deux pilotes de l’hélicoptère marocain était français: le lieutenant de vaisseau Saucourt occupe le poste d’officier de liaison à la flottille 11 F de Casablanca.

Après le Maroc, bientôt équipé de FREMM, c’est vers le Brésil, que le Forbin a appareillé le 11 mars.

Sources : Marine nationale

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ARA Libertad à Casablanca

La dernière fois que l'ARA Libertad a rendu visite au Royaume date de 1989 ..

fremo quel pays ?

ARA : Armada Argentina

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ARA : Armada Argentina

thanks! nice pics

selon le site du magazin specialise' espagnol DEFENSA le catamaran americain HSV-2 Swift visitera le Maroc pendant les exercices ‘Africa Partnership Station 2012’

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Scimitar crosses to North Africa to work with the Moroccans and honour UK war dead

Gibraltar guardian HMS Scimitar left the Rock behind to make the short trip to North Africa to work with the Moroccan Navy and honour wartime personnel buried in the country.

The patrol boat, one half of the two main vessels in the Royal Navy’s Gibraltar Squadron, headed the three dozen miles across the Strait to Tangier, carrying representatives from the Royal Air Force, the Royal Gibraltar Police and a bugler from the Royal Gibraltar Regiment.

Following a surprisingly smooth passage, Scimitar was met by the UK’s Defence Attaché in Morocco, Lt Col Simon Barnett, as well as representatives of the Royal Moroccan Navy.

Scimitar’s CO Lt Tom Knott then called upon the Commandant Naval Operations in Tangier, Capitaine de frégate Abdul Majid Zerbane, where they took the opportunity to strengthen relations and plan a passage exercise with Royal Moroccan Patrol Boat 113 en route back to Gib.

The focal point of the ship’s weekend in North Africa was a service of remembrance at Church of St Andrew in Tangier, which once featured in Michael Palin’s Sahara TV series.

More importantly, it is the last resting place of 12 RAF personnel and a Gibraltar Service policeman killed during service in the country in WW2.

Following a moving and poignant service inside the 107-year-old Anglican church, the congregation moved outside to the adjacent cemetery where wreaths were laid.

“I took great pride in laying a wreath and paying my respects to those that fell in Tangier and was moved by the level of attendance from the local community,” said Lt Knott.

HMS Scimitar left Morocco the next day Tangier the following day and during the transit back to Gibraltar she carried out two hours of communications and manoeuvering exercises with PB113 as far east as Tanger-Med, a purpose-built new commercial port 20 miles along the coast from Tangier.

“This rare opportunity to operate with the Royal Moroccan Navy was a change from routine operations for the crew and an interesting experience for Scimitar’s embarked guests,” said Lt Knott.

“I was particularly impressed by the professional ship handling of Patrol Boat 113 and the ability of our navies to co-operate seamlessly in a common operating area.

“Our visit exceeded all expectations. It was a privilege to be part of the Remembrance Service and conduct a valuable training exercise with a highly-professional navy.”

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North Atlantic Ocean (July 12, 2004) - USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) and the Italian aircraft carrier ITS Giuseppe Garibaldi (C 551) operate near each other in the Atlantic Ocean while participating in Majestic Eagle 2004. Majestic Eagle is a multinational exercise being conducted off the coast of Morocco. The exercise demonstrates the combined force capabilities and quick response times of the participating naval, air, undersea and surface warfare groups. Countries involved in the NATO led exercise include the United Kingdom, Morocco, France, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and Turkey. Truman's participation in Majestic Eagle is part of her scheduled deployment supporting the Navy's new fleet response plan (FRP) Summer Pulse 2004, the simultaneous deployment of seven carrier strike groups (CSGs), demonstrating the ability of the Navy to provide credible combat across the globe, in five theaters with other U.S., allied, and coalition military forces

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Port de Casablanca
Escale d'une frégate de l'armée argentine
http://www.lematin.ma/express/Port-de-Casablanca_Escale-d-une-fregate-de-l-armee-argentine/170917.html

magnifique navire

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Grapple Takes Theater Security Cooperation Underwater

By Kim Dixon, Military Sealift Command Europe and Africa Public Affairs

USNS GRAPPLE, at sea - Military Sealift Command’s rescue and salvage ships are a bit like insurance – operating quietly in the background until they, along with their embarked Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit companies, are needed to be quickly on the scene for a mission, such as towing or debeaching a stranded ship or salvaging a vessel. While these types of missions often make headlines, some of the most influential work by these ships is done during that background time, conducting theater security cooperation engagements with the U.S. Navy’s allied and partner nations throughout the world.
Currently on deployment to the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) area of responsibility, USNS Grapple (T-ARS 53) has already worked with two different countries, and is scheduled for a third, hosting bilateral diving exchanges, preparing for any future combined missions.

“A bilateral diving exchange allows us to work hand in hand with our host nations, such as Spain, Algeria, and Morocco on this deployment,” said civil service mariner Capt. Curtis Smith, master of Grapple. “In the grand scheme of things, if an amphibious or subsurface event occurs that would require the use of multi-national support, we will have an understanding of each nation’s techniques, assets, and limitations with regard to a specific means of diving.”

The Grapple crew and MDSU Company 2-4 recently conducted diving exchanges in Spain and Algeria, with Morocco scheduled for early in the new year. During these bilateral exchanges, the MDSU Two dive team work hand in hand with the host nation’s divers on various types of diving, such as ship, surface supplied, SCUBA, and re-breather diving. The Grapple civil service mariner crew are on hand to provide support to the training by operating the shipboard crane that lowers the dive stage, assisting in developing and providing materials for mock training scenarios, such as developing a 4-bolt flange that can be either something to fix or something to find. The bilateral diving exchanges always begin with an initial assessment of each country’s diving and salvage capability to provide a productive starting point.

In Cartagena, Spain, from Nov. 24 to 30, and in Jijel, Algeria, from Dec. 10 to 14, the U.S. Navy divers hosted classroom training onboard Grapple covering operational and emergency procedures for surface supplied diving using the Kirby Morgan 37 diving helmet, bright yellow and looking like a cross between an old-fashioned dive helmet and something worn by intergalactic explorers. They also discussed several SCUBA-related procedures including anti-terrorism force protection (ATFP) diving techniques and low visibility searching techniques.

In Spain, after the classroom training, both countries’ divers conducted familiarization dive training off Grapple using the surface supplied dive helmet and the divers stage, lowering divers to a 35-foot depth. Successfully completing the familiarization dives, the Grapple civil service mariner crew moored the ship in 160 feet of water where the 18 U.S. Navy dive team members and eight Spanish divers performed deep diving operations using surface supplied surface decompression dives. One final SCUBA diving operation saw the divers team up to inspect a new wreck site 75 feet under water that the Spanish navy diver school intends to use for future training purposes.

Similarly, in Algeria where a total of 20 Algerian military divers participated, one group of U.S. Navy divers conducted 35-foot depth surface supplied dives off Grapple with some of their Algerian diver counterparts while at the same time, pierside, another combined group performed search and ATFP dives using SCUBA equipment. This was the first bilateral diving operation from an American vessel in Algeria in 12 years.

Success in these exchanges is measured by a slightly more intangible yardstick than traditional rescue or salvage operations.

“Success of a bilateral diving exchange is directly determined by what each military can take away from their interaction with each other,” said Smith. “The exchange of diving knowledge between militaries ideally ends with each country taking away new or better ideas for better ways to perform safe diving operations, to include salvage operations, search operations, and ATFP security operations. Additionally, each engagement between the Spanish, Algerian, and American military forces during the AFRICOM deployment has provided a positive effect on foreign relations between each of the governments involved.”

http://www.c6f.navy.mil/article529center.html

Casablanca accueillera la FREMM Aquitaine pour le premier escale en dehors de la France durant la première TLD de la frégate française !

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l’Aquitaine sera, en février, à Casablanca, le Maroc étant le premier client international de la FREMM, dont un exemplaire, construit à Lorient par DCNS, doit être livré cette année à la marine royale.

http://www.meretmarine.com/fr/content/la-fremm-aquitaine-toulon-debut-fevrier

Du 24 au 27 Janvier 2013, le SPS Juan Sebastiàn de Elcano, 4 mâts de l'Armada español, sera en escale à Casablanca

http://www.armada.mde.es/ArmadaPortal/page/Portal/ArmadaEspannola/conocenos_actividades/prefLang_en/deLaFuerza--0838_ProyectoCrucero-Instruccion-Elcano_2013

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Le USNS Grapple à Tanger du 24/01/2012 au 28/01/2012

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The Navy Is Back: USNS Grapple in Tangier

"Military Sealift Command (MSC) operates approximately 110 noncombatant, civilian-crewed ships that replenish U.S. Navy ships, conduct specialized missions, strategically preposition combat cargo at sea around the world and move military cargo and supplies used by deployed U.S. forces and coalition partners."

One of the specialized missions of the USNS Grapple, which sailed into Tangier on an R&R and goodwill visit last weekend, is sending divers down to wrecks of US warplanes shot down during World War II.

Captain Curtis Smith, Master of the Grapple since 2006, told us about missions in the Mediterranean which have recovered the remains of downed American flight crews and pilots, sometimes still encased in their cockpits.

Other missions have included recovery of commercial airplanes crashed at sea, including TWA, Egypt Air, and Swissair accidents off the East Coast of the US and Canada. This powerhouse of a ship can lift a huge multi-ton battle tank from the sea floor.

"Grapple," a pretty vivid name for a ship that can tow a battleship, was first given to a ship commissioned in 1943 (the current USNS Grapple dates back to 1986).

In Tangier, the visit was very well-received. No wonder: as far as we can determine, this is the first US Navy visit to the port city on the Strait of Gibraltar in some sixteen years. Tangier used to be a regular port of call for US Navy ships, and we have B&W photos of some big ones gracing Tangier Bay.

So we were happy to take part in activities relating to their visit, including a Sunday morning "COMREL" or community relations event at Borj El Hajoui (aka Bab Marsa), the former Portuguese fort that, thanks to restoration work funded by Morocco's INDH and executed by Tangier NGO FTAM, has become home to a number of medina-based community cultural groups.

One of those was the Hammich family troupe of acrobats Taoub (Mohamed Hammich is a veteran of Ringling Bros. Barnum Bailey in the US, and spent some three years in Las Vegas - of whom more in a forthcoming post). The "junior division" put on a show (see photo below) that the sailors - mostly divers - really enjoyed, a fitting tribute to a welcome ship visit.

A moonlit shipboard reception for Moroccan Navy, civil authorities, NGOs involved in the community event, and local Americans topped off the visit. The Grapple sailed off into the Strait of Gibraltar sunrise first thing this morning.

http://www.talimblog.org/2013/01/navy-usns-grapple-in-tangier.html

Ce ne st pas la 1ere fois, je me souviens dans l es années 90 à tanger il y avait un chasseur de mines surveillé par un marines et derrier lui un OSprey 55 j ai meme acheté un patch américain des Super Cobra contre un truc en cuire made in morocco

Ah il y avait aussi yach saoudien avec un AB212 sur le pont

Le J.S. de Elcano était à Casa

Spoiler:

on voit une Sigma et le Newport derriere

Il y a 2 Sigma

USNS Grapple a visité 2 fois le Maroc en moins d'un mois, et a été déjà à Al Hoceima fin 2011 pour rappel

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Grappling in the deep
MSC, Navy divers work "hand in hand" with partner nations

Military Sealift Command's rescue and salvage ships are a bit like insurance - operating quietly in the background until they, along with their embarked Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit companies, are needed quickly on the scene for a mission, such as towing or debeaching a stranded ship or salvaging a vessel.

While these types of missions often make headlines, some of the most influential work by these ships is done during that background time, conducting theater security cooperation engagements with the U.S. Navy's allied and partner nations throughout the world.

In the U.S. Africa Command area of responsibility, USNS Grapple (T-ARS 53) worked with three different countries from November through January, hosting bilateral diving exchanges that helped train for any future combined missions.

"A bilateral diving exchange allows us to work hand in hand with our host nations, such as Spain, Algeria and Morocco on this deployment," said Capt. Curtis Smith, Grapple's civil service master. "In the grand scheme of things, if an amphibious or subsurface event occurs that would require the use of multi-national support, we will have an understanding of each nation's techniques, assets and limitations with regard to a specific means of diving."

Grapple's crew and MDSU Company 2-4 worked closely with the host nations' divers on various types of diving techniques, such as ship, surface supplied, scuba and re-breather diving. Grapple's civil service mariner crew provided support to the training by operating the shipboard crane that lowers the dive stage, and assisting in developing and providing materials for mock training scenarios; one such contribution was creating a four-bolt flange that served as either something to fix or something to find.

The bilateral diving exchanges always begin with an initial assessment of each country's diving and salvage capabilities to provide a productive starting point. In Cartagena, Spain, Nov. 24 to 30, in Jijel, Algeria, Dec. 10-14, and in Al Hoceima, Morocco, Dec. 17-22, Navy divers hosted classroom training aboard Grapple. The training covered operational and emergency procedures for surface supplied diving using the Kirby Morgan 37 diving helmet, a bright yellow device that looks like a cross between an old-fashioned dive helmet and something worn by intergalactic explorers. Participants also discussed several scuba-related procedures including anti-terrorism force protection diving techniques and low visibility searching techniques.

After the classroom training in Spain, both countries' divers conducted familiarization dive training off Grapple using the surface supplied dive helmet and the diver's stage, lowering divers to a 35-foot depth. Successfully completing the familiarization dives, Grapple's CIVMAR crew members moored the ship in 160 feet of water where the 18 U.S. Navy dive team members and eight Spanish divers performed deep diving operations using surface supplied surface decompression dives. In a final scuba diving operation, divers teamed up to inspect a new wreck site 75 feet under water that the Spanish navy diver school intends to use for future training purposes.

Similarly, in Algeria – where a total of 20 Algerian military divers participated – one group of U.S. Navy divers conducted 35-foot depth surface supplied dives off Grapple with some of their Algerian diver counterparts while at the same time, pierside, another combined group performed search and ATFP dives using scuba equipment. This was the first bilateral diving operation from an American vessel in Algeria in 12 years.

Morocco

Grapple and the MDSU team returned to Morocco from Jan. 9-24 for more extensive training with Moroccan divers, including advanced surface and underwater cutting and welding, light salvage operations training, hydraulic power unit and tools familiarization and emergency diving casualty response procedures.

Completing additional classroom instruction, Navy divers presented Moroccan divers with materials to build a work bench for the underwater hydraulic tools diving operations. Utilizing several cutting and welding techniques, the Moroccans made precision cuts on scrap steel and assembled the workbench.

During the underwater phase of the exchange, divers lowered the workbench into the water to a depth of 35 feet using the Interspiro DP1 Dive System, which can support up to two divers. Air for the system is supplied to the divers from the surface while the emergency air supply is worn on the divers' backs. Divers simulated preparing a ship's hull for the installation of a flange using hydraulic drills and grinders.

Next, dive teams conducted salvage training, working to raise two 55-gallon drums sunk in 35 feet of water. Moroccan divers raised the drums in two ways, removing water via pumps in the first, and by introducing air, which pushed the water out and refloated the second drum. Both dive teams again used the DP1 dive system to install non-collapsible vent hoses and suction hoses to one project for dewatering and installing air fittings and hoses for introducing air to the other.

Throughout diving engagements, Navy divers simulated emergency scenarios throughout the day to incorporate how diving casualties are handled. Emergency procedures included trauma scenarios for controlling bleeding while diving and treatment of divers suffering from decompression sickness. The scenarios particularly focused on integrating both dive teams into a cohesive unit that could provide care and reaction time for a stricken diver.

Gauging success

Success in these exchanges is measured by a slightly more intangible yardstick than traditional rescue or salvage operations.

"Success of a bilateral diving exchange is directly determined by what each military can take away from their interaction with each other," said Smith. "The exchange of diving knowledge between militaries ideally ends with each country taking away new or better ideas for better ways to perform safe diving operations, to include salvage operations, search operations and ATFP security operations. Additionally, each engagement between the Spanish, Algerian and American military forces during the AFRICOM deployment has provided a positive effect on foreign relations between each of the governments involved."

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Des marocains s'entrainent avec l'équipe de l'USNS Grapple à Al Hoceima

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Échanges franco-marocains pour la FREMM Aquitaine

Du 11 au 14 février 2013, la FREMM Aquitaine a effectué la première escale de son déploiement de longue durée (DLD) à Casablanca. Elle avait conduit quelques jours plus tôt des manœuvres d’entraînement avec deux corvettes de la marine royale marocaine.

L’état-major de la future FREMM Mohammed VI embarqué à bord de l’Aquitaine pendant plusieurs semaines a suivi les évolutions tactiques, les présentations pour ravitaillement à la mer et les vols d’hélicoptères.

Les marins de l’Aquitaine ont repris la mer et se dirigent vers Rio de Janeiro, afin de poursuivre la vérification des capacités du navire en eaux chaudes sous des latitudes équatoriales.

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Échanges franco-marocains pour la FREMM Aquitaine

Du 11 au 14 février 2013, la FREMM Aquitaine a effectué la première escale de son déploiement de longue durée (DLD) à Casablanca. Elle avait conduit quelques jours plus tôt des manœuvres d’entraînement avec deux corvettes de la marine royale marocaine.

L’état-major de la future FREMM Mohammed VI embarqué à bord de l’Aquitaine pendant plusieurs semaines a suivi les évolutions tactiques, les présentations pour ravitaillement à la mer et les vols d’hélicoptères.

Les marins de l’Aquitaine ont repris la mer et se dirigent vers Rio de Janeiro, afin de poursuivre la vérification des capacités du navire en eaux chaudes sous des latitudes équatoriales.

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A l’horizon la « ville blanche »

Chères familles, chers amis,

Passage du détroit de Gibraltar – Dimanche 10 février 2013 à 18h00

L’approche des côtes est toujours un moment unique pour un équipage. Et cette fois tout particulièrement, puisque l’Aquitaine découvre enfin les rivages étrangers. Après deux années d’armement, quasiment 200 jours de mer passés entre Brest et Lorient, le « quai des Agrumes » du port de Casablanca a une saveur bien exotique en ce lundi 11 février.Neuf heures du matin, le bâtiment est accosté, et l’effervescence des arrivées en escale règne à bord : réparations et maintenances, corvées diverses, visites officielles, ultimes préparatifs avant le coquetèle… sans oublier la distribution des devises locales, le dirham. A 15h00, les 4 mots les plus attendus de la journée retentissent dans le bord, « Permissionnaires à se changer » !
Casablanca, une ville en plein essor et aux multiples facettes. Autour de la récente mosquée Hassan II, plus haut minaret d’Afrique et amer remarquable à 10 milles nautiques à la ronde, les chantiers s’amoncellent. A quelques pas de là, derrière le phare d’El Hank, la « Corniche » et ses restaurants offrent une vue fantastique sur le front de mer balayé par l’Atlantique. Plus au centre, l’art-déco du début XXe compose avec les quartiers plus traditionnels. Contraste entre la vieille Médina, souk traditionnel aux étroites ruelles, et la nouvelle Médina à l’architecture plus moderne et aux étals colorés.


On vous les avait promis, les voilà, les cocotiers de Casablanca !


Quartier traditionnel


Derrière le phare d’El Hank, la « Corniche »

A bord, les fractions de service continuent de s’affairer. Casablanca, c’est aussi trois jours d’escales pour resserrer nos liens avec le Maroc, leur présenter l’Aquitaine, sœur jumelle de la future frégate « Mohamed VI », et partager notre sentiment et l’expérience recueillie à bord.Jeudi 14 février, l’Aquitaine appareille sous le soleil de Casablanca, dans le sillage de deux corvettes marocaines avec lesquelles nous partagerons la journée au large. L’occasion de quelques exercices de coopération maritime et aéromaritime dans les eaux bleues de l’Atlantique.


Coopération franco-marocaine

Au crépuscule nos chemins se séparent, pour nous cap vers le Sud. Dans 13 jours nous reverrons la terre, de l’autre côté de l’Atlantique !

JdB

un OHP quittant le port de la capitale économique fin 2008

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Première escale de la mission ZMED2013 : Tanger !

Samedi 9 mars, le La Pérouse est arrivé au port de Tanger un jour avant la date prévue en raison des conditions météo qui ne rendaient pas possibles les travaux hydrographiques initialement prévus au large des côtes marocaines.

Malgré cela, l’équipage du bateau a pu profiter de son escale et s’aventurer dans Tanger avec sa Médina, ses ruelles labyrinthiques et ses souks qui se révélèrent être de véritables cavernes d’Ali Baba. Beaucoup ont pu ainsi eu l’occasion d'y mettre en pratique leurs talents de négociateurs pour faire le plein de souvenirs.

Et si à bord, la tenue militaire restait de rigueur, une fois à terre, certains se sont essayés pour un temps à des accessoires vestimentaires plus exotiques, bien loin de l’uniforme de tous les jours !

Outre les possibilités de visite offerte par la ville en elle-même, cette escale a donné l’occasion à certains de découvrir ou de redécouvrir la gastronomie locale où se côtoie tajines, couscous, pâtisseries de toutes sortes et naturellement le traditionnel thé à la menthe.

Néanmoins, même si cette escale était une occasion de profiter d’un repos bien mérité après une traversée tumultueuse, le bâtiment a continué à mener de nombreuses activités à quai.Ainsi, l’équipe hydrographique a pu effectuer des mesures pour mettre à jour ses informations sur le port.

De plus, de nombreux visiteurs sont venus à bord : un repas officiel a été l’occasion pour les autorités locales et notamment le consul général de France à Tanger de découvrir le bâtiment.

Parmi ses autre visiteurs, le « La Pérouse » a aussi pu compter sur la venue, le temps d’un après-midi, d’une classe de lycéens à l’occasion de leur journée du citoyen (JDC). Ces jeunes se sont d’ailleurs montrés très intéressés par les explications de leurs guides. Le même succès a été au rendez-vous lors de la visite effectué par le personnel du consulat accompagné de leurs familles.

Enfin avant de quitter définitivement le port et ses abords le mercredi 13 mars, le bateau a effectué une série d’exercices avec un bâtiment de la marine royale marocaine et y a notamment envoyé son équipe de visite pour un exercice « visitex », le patrouilleur y jouant pour l’occasion le rôle d’un cargo suspect. L’escale est maintenant terminée et le « La Pérouse » a quitté Tanger et repris la mer pour faire route vers Malte : le bateau y fera escale à partir du vendredi 22 mars et aura alors déjà commencé des travaux hydrographiques dans les alentours de l’île.


JdB