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24-1013: The ships were originally part of the Gowind class but after a rearrangement of products DCNS decided to remove the OPV from the Gowind class and develop the OPVs as a class of their own with L'Adroit top of the range. To do so it formed the Kership joint venture with the Piriou shipyard in Concarneau , Brittany in May 2013 to build and market lightly armed and armoured OPVs for customs, fishing and other home security missions. DCNS said this would enable it to concentrate on "developing relations" with clients seeking, heavily armed and armoured warships while Kership handles

48-459: A 10-ton class helicopter or UAV operations. The platform's weapon system consists of a multi-functional radar and VL MICA surface-to-air missiles (SAM). It is armed with Exocet anti-ship missiles. The propulsion system is based on Combined Diesel and Diesel ( CODAD ) and includes water-jets for improved maneuverability in shallow waters and high-speed performance. There is no funnel on these ships. The radar and other sensors are mounted on

72-437: A contract to equip the ships with MICA vertical launch air-defense missiles and MM40 Block 3 Exocet anti-ship missiles, together worth an additional 400 million euros, while Naval Group negotiated a 100–200 million euro contract for torpedoes . Three of the corvettes are to be built locally by Alexandria Shipyard within a technology transfer agreement. It was apparently President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi who decided these were

96-565: A planned construction period of 29 months. It is the first of a series of four units that will be delivered to Egypt before 2019. The corvette's first block was laid in the dry dock in September 2015. Naval Group celebrated the launch of the first Egyptian Gowind corvette El Fateh at the Lorient naval shipyard in September 2016. El Fateh successfully concluded its first sea trials by the end of March 2017. The Egyptian Navy took delivery of

120-601: A rearrangement of products Naval Group decided to remove the OPV from the Gowind class and develop the OPVs as a class of their own with L'Adroit top of the range. To do so it formed the Kership joint venture with the Piriou shipyard in Concarneau , Brittany in May 2013 to build and market lightly armed and armoured OPVs for customs, fishing and other home security missions. Naval Group said this would enable it to concentrate on "developing relations" with clients seeking heavily armed and armoured warships while Kership handles

144-579: A single central mast thus allowing 360-degree view. Naval Group offers two variants of the design: Gowind 1000 and Gowind 2500 while Malaysia with the assistance of Naval Group locally developed the Gowind 3100. As of October 2021, the Greek government is in discussions with Naval Group about the acquisition of up to seven Gowind corvettes with three of them being built in Greece. The Gowind class originally consisted of offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) but after

168-556: A stern ramp. It was sold to Argentina in 2018 and commissioned as ARA Bouchard . On 29 October 2014, Ernest Mphouho Epigat , defence minister for the Gabonese Republic signed a contract with Piriou to supply two offshore patrol vessels to the Gabonese Navy . One was to be of the Kership design. The unnamed vessel was called OPV50 by Piriou. – crew 28 pers. – special personnel 8 pers. – 1 x 20 mm gun on

192-435: Is equipped with facilities for an embarked helicopter and drones . It is armed with: Electronic warfare & decoys for Egypt's Gowind 2500: The Gowind 3100 is a frigate with the displacement of 3,100 tons and length of 111 metres (364 ft 2 in). It is armed with: In 2014, Egypt signed a €1bn contract with Naval Group to buy four Gowind 2,500-ton corvettes with an option for two more. Separately, MBDA negotiated

216-654: Is interested in 5 Gowind 2800HN corvettes based on the Gowind 2500 for the Hellenic Navy as part of a $ 5 billion defence package. Concarneau Concarneau ( Breton : Konk-Kerne , meaning "Bay of Cornouaille ") is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in Northwestern France . Concarneau is bordered to the west by the Baie de La Forêt . The city has two distinct areas:

240-578: The Argentine Navy was instructed to restart negotiations with Naval Group for the procurement of four Gowind-class vessels. The decision was motivated by the meeting between Argentine President Mauricio Macri and French President Emmanuel Macron at the annual World Economic Forum summit in Davos , Switzerland. An order for four vessels was expected in July 2018. In November 2018, Argentina confirmed

264-490: The Filets Bleus is one of the oldest and largest, attracting in excess of a thousand participants in traditional dress with many times that number of observers. In 2005, the 100th festival was celebrated. Concarneau was the setting for Belgian mystery writer Georges Simenon 's 1931 novel Le Chien jaune ( The Yellow Dog ), featuring his celebrated sleuth Maigret . Fishing , particularly for tuna , has long been

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288-516: The Ville Close is the fishing museum. The Ville Close is connected to the town by a bridge and at the other end a ferry to the village of Lanriec on the other side of the harbour. In August the town holds the annual Fête des Filets Bleus (Festival of the blue nets). The festival, named after the traditional blue nets of Concarneau's fishing fleet, is a celebration of Breton and pan-Celtic culture. Such festivals can occur throughout Brittany but

312-699: The fore-deck – 2 x 12.7 mm machine guns Gowind-class corvette The Gowind design is a family of steel monohull frigates , corvettes and offshore patrol vessels developed since 2006 by France 's Naval Group , formerly known as DCNS, to conduct missions in the littoral zone such as anti-submarine warfare (ASW). The Gowind family includes vessels with lengths from 85 to 111 metres (278 ft 10 in to 364 ft 2 in) and displacement from 1,000 tons to 3,100 tons. The Gowind design can deploy unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) and underwater unmanned vehicles (UUVs). An aft deck has been provided allowing for

336-402: The modern town on the mainland and the medieval Ville Close , a walled town on a long island in the centre of the harbour. Historically, the old town was a centre of shipbuilding; its ramparts date from the 14th century. The Ville Close is now devoted to tourism with many restaurants and shops aimed at tourists. However restraint has been shown in resisting the excesses of souvenir shops. Also in

360-618: The more civilian-standard OPVs. The Gowind 1000 is a 1,000-ton corvette designed for protection, escort and embargo naval missions in a littoral environment. The Gowind 1000 can also perform presence, surveillance, intelligence and policing missions. It is armed with: Sensors: The Gowind 2500 multi-mission corvette is designed for surveillance, surface and subsurface combat, protection and escort naval missions. It can also perform presence, maritime surveillance and policing missions against trafficking and piracy. The Gowind 2500 capitalizes on Naval Group's expertise in vessel stealth . The vessel

384-658: The more civilian-standard OPVs. On 9 May 2010, DCNS started the building of one self-funded 1,410t Gowind patrol corvette called L'Adroit and announced that the craft will be made available to the French Navy between 2012 and 2015. The vessel is designed for patrol and sovereignty enforcement in littoral and exclusive economic zone waters and offers three weeks' endurance and a range of 8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km; 9,200 mi). Missions include special forces deployment by launching within 5 minutes and recovering two UFAST UFR 9.30 rigid-hulled inflatable boats from

408-722: The price of constructing the corvettes. In January 2020, the Indonesian Minister of Defence Prabowo Subianto during a bilateral meeting in France with his French counterpart Florence Parly said the Indonesian Ministry is interested in French military equipment; including 36 Dassault Rafale aircraft, Scorpène submarines and 2 Gowind corvettes. On 7 June 2021, Indonesia signed a letter of intent to buy two Gowind corvettes from France. As of 2021 , Greece

432-617: The primary economic activity in Concarneau. The Les Mouettes d'Arvor is one of the last traditional canning factories in Concarneau. Concarneau is one of the biggest fishing ports in France. Since the 1980s, other industries have arisen, such as boat construction and summer tourism. The Ville Close separates the working port from the yacht basin. Inhabitants of Concarneau are called in French Concarnois (masculine) and Concarnoises (feminine). In 1959, Concarneau absorbed

456-673: The purchase of four Gowind-class vessels. The purchase includes the already-built L'Adroit , which in 2016 visited the region on a marketing trip and three new vessels. In 2019 March 25, the United Arab Emirates Navy had signed a contract with Naval Group for Euro 750 million ( USD 850m) for two 2500 class frigates (actually weighing 2,700 tonnes) with options for two more to be built in partnership with Abu Dhabi Ship Building Company (ADSB). They will be equipped with Naval Group's SETIS combat management system, MBDA's Exocet missile and VL MICA-NG missiles. This contract

480-576: The ships he wanted rather than the Meko A200 being offered by German group ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) or the Sigma corvette proposed by Damen of the Netherlands. Egypt is in talks with France to acquire another two Gowind corvettes which, if ordered, would be produced by France in Lorient. In April 2015, Naval Group started cutting metal for the very first Gowind 2500 corvette, with

504-478: The third vessel has already started. Its first block was laid in the dry dock by July 2018. Malaysia is locally designing and building six stealth frigates displacing 3,100 tons and length 111 meter based on the design of the Gowind corvette. In 2023, it is confirmed that Malaysia will only build five instead of six ship after the sixth ship were cancelled. Argentina chose the OPV variant (Kership design). After repeated negotiations and break-offs. In February 2018

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528-596: The three corvettes. The company also provided training for the Egyptian staff at its site in Lorient. All the Panoramic Sensors and Intelligence Modules (PSIM) were produced and tested in Lorient by Naval Group and later shipped to Alexandria for installation on the corvettes. The launching ceremony of the second Gowind corvette Port Said took place in September 2018 in Alexandria. Construction work on

552-577: The vessel in September 2017, three years after the order was placed. Alexandria Shipyard started cutting metal for the second Gowind corvette intended for the Egyptian Navy in April 2016. It is the first corvette to be built locally in Egypt. Naval Group sent supervision and technical assistance teams, technical data and necessary components to Alexandria for assisting Egypt in the local construction of

576-548: Was announced in mid-June 2019 by Naval Group. In July 2019, Naval Group won a €1.2 billion contract, which included the construction of four new Gowind multi-mission corvettes for the Romanian Navy . Naval Group was due to build the first corvette within three years while the remaining three corvettes were to be constructed by Constanța Shipyard and delivered before 2026. The contract was cancelled by Romanian Ministry of Defence on 8 August 2023, following disagreements on

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