French frigate Jean Bart
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Jean Bart was a {{sclass|Cassard|frigate|0}} anti-air frigate of the French Marine Nationale. She was the eighth{{cite web|url=http://www.defense.gouv.fr/marine/decouverte/equipements-moyens-materiel-militaire/batiments-de-combat/fregates/antiaeriennes-type-f70-aa/jean-bart-d-615/precedents |publisher=www.defense.gouv.fr |work=Marine Nationale |title=Les précédents Jean Bart |date=24 August 2010 |accessdate=24 October 2014|language=fr}} vessel of the French Navy named after the privateer Jean Bart. She was commissioned on 3 March 1991.{{cite web|url=http://www.defense.gouv.fr/marine/decouverte/equipements-moyens-materiel-militaire/batiments-de-combat/fregates/antiaeriennes-type-f70-aa/jean-bart-d-615 |publisher=www.defense.gouv.fr |work=Marine Nationale |title=Jean Bart (D 615) |date=10 March 2014 |accessdate=24 October 2014|language=fr}}
Jean Bart was fitted with a number of types of prototype equipment which were later incorporated in the {{sclass|La Fayette|frigate|0}} frigates. The vessel was withdrawn from service in August 2021.{{cite web |url=https://www.meretmarine.com/fr/content/pas-de-seconde-vie-grecque-pour-la-fregate-jean-bart-definitivement-retiree-du-service |title=Pas de seconde vie grecque pour la frégate Jean Bart, définitivement retirée du service |work=Mer et Marine |language=fr |last=Groizeleau |first=Vincent |date=31 August 2021 |access-date=31 August 2021 |url-access=subscription}}
Service history
On 12 April 2008, Jean Bart aided the capture of the pirates who had taken over the luxury yacht {{ship|MY|Le Ponant}}. She took part in Operation Unified Protector until she returned to her home port Toulon in April 2011.{{cite news|url=http://www.defense.gouv.fr/operations/autres-operations/operation-harmattan-libye/actualites/libye-point-de-situation-operation-harmattan-n-16|title=Libye: point de situation opération Harmattan n°16|date=4 April 2011|work=Ministère de la Défense|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110509003506/http://www.defense.gouv.fr/operations/autres-operations/operation-harmattan-libye/actualites/libye-point-de-situation-operation-harmattan-n-16|archivedate=9 May 2011}}
In October 2014, Jean Bart entered the US Fifth Fleet and joined up with CTF 50 for Opération Chammal.{{cite web|url=http://www.colsbleus.fr/articles/3237 |title=Chammal : La Frégate Jean Bart Intègre la Task Force 50 |publisher=colsbleus.fr |date=30 October 2014 |accessdate=2 November 2014|language=fr}}
On 11 October 2019, Jean Bart, accompanied by the Royal Navy frigate {{HMS|Montrose|F236|6}}, intercepted a suspicious dhow in the Arabian Sea and seized {{convert|170|kg}} of illegal narcotics.{{cite web|url=https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2019/october/11/20191011-montrose-drugs-bust |title=HMS Montrose Lands Major Drugs Haul in Arabian Sea |publisher=Royal Navy |date=11 October 2019 |accessdate=16 October 2019}}
From 4 May to 1 June 2020, Jean Bart participated in the European Union's Operation Irini, enforcing the arms embargo on Libya.{{Cite web|date=7 May 2020|title=The Operation sets sail|url=https://www.operationirini.eu/operation-eunavformed-irini-operation-sets-sail/|access-date=3 February 2021|website=Operation Irini |publisher=EUVNAFOR Med}}{{Cite web|title=FS Jean Bart|url=https://www.operationirini.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/FS-JEAN-BART.pdf|access-date=7 March 2021 |publisher=EUVANFOR Med}} The frigate returned to Toulon from her deployment to the Indian Ocean in March 2021{{cite web |url=https://www.meretmarine.com/fr/content/la-fregate-jean-bart-rentre-toulon-au-terme-de-son-ultime-mission |title=La frégate Jean Bart rentre à Toulon au terme de son ultime mission |work=Mer et Marine |language=French |date=5 March 2021 |access-date=7 March 2021 |url-access=subscription }} and had been expected to decommission in Spring 2021 to be replaced by the FREMM-class frigate {{ship|French frigate|Alsace||2}}.{{cite web |url=https://www.meretmarine.com/fr/content/marine-nationale-les-programmes-qui-vont-faconner-la-future-flotte-francaise |title=Marine nationale : les programmes qui vont façonner la future flotte française |work=Mer et Marine |language=French |date=1 February 2021 |access-date=7 March 2021 }} However, it was subsequently announced that the frigate would remain in service temporarily and deploy on one final mission to Greece in April to demonstrate her capabilities in the context of a French offer to transfer her to the Hellenic Navy.{{cite web |url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2021/03/french-navy-frigate-jean-bart-to-demonstrate-its-capabilities-to-the-hellenic-navy/ |title=French Navy Frigate 'Jean Bart' To Demonstrate Its Capabilities To The Hellenic Navy |work=navalnews.com |date=25 March 2021 |access-date=26 March 2021 }} After the Greek Government elected not to acquire her, Jean Bart was decommissioned on 31 August 2021.
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