Cherbourg Naval Base is a naval base in the French town of Cherbourg. This town and its harbour

Cherbourg Harbour

Cherbourg Harbour is the largest artificial harbour in the world, with a surface area of around 1,500 hectares...

 have been used as a naval base since the end of the 18th century.

Current ships assigned

Cherbourg is one of three naval bases of metropolitan France (the other two are Brest and Toulon). With the departure of the Flotilla of the North (FLONOR), Cherbourg lost its importance as a port of registry. The Channel Flotilla (Flomanche) monitors the English Channel and the North Sea.

The naval base occupies 120 hectares and commands 13 ships:

• the three Flamant class patrol vessel
  Flamant class patrol vessel
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  s of the French Navy
  French Navy
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  : Flamant, Pluvier and Le Cormoran,
• the radiological surveillance swift boat Coralline,
• the coastal tugboat
  Tugboat
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   Acharné,
• the RPC12 tugboats Fréhel and Saire,
• the mine clearance diving support vessel
  Diving support vessel
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   Vulcain,
• the diving support swift boat
  Diving support vessel
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   Acanthe and Magnolia,
• the patrol boats of the Maritime Gendarmerie Glaive and Géranium,
• the support vessel Élan.

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• le remorqueur affrété par l’État Abeille Liberté
  Abeille Liberté
  The Abeille Liberté is a salvage tug based in Cherbourg, France. It is a sister ship of Abeille Bourbon.It was built at the Myklebust Verft shipyard in Norway, which is part of the Kleven Maritime group. It was delivered in October 2005 and officially inaugurated on 17 November 2005.Abeille Liberté...
  
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• la vedette des affaires maritimes Thémis.