French Navy ship to visit Ghana

A French Navy Ship, "OURAGAN" on a routine visit to Ghana, will on Thursday April 3, dock at the Tema Harbour and depart on Monday April 7.

A statement from the French Embassy on Wednesday, said 'OURAGAN', launched on November 9, 1963, is under the command of Commander Yves-Marie Marechal.

It is an amphibian assault ship and has a crew of 12 officers, 194 petty officers and seamen. It has a length of 149 metres, 21.5 metres in width and a displacement of 8,500 tons.

The ship, the statement said can carry a landing force into an intervention area and conduct the landing of the force.

It said the amphibian facilities are made up of one inner dock, 120 meters long, which can be flooded under 12 feet of water and be able to receive one landing craft for an infantry and tanks, four landing crafts for equipment and one intermediate movable deck.