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Friday, May 20, 2011

DCNS floats out first Gowind-class OPV


French Navy's first Gowind-class Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) has been floated out by DCNS.

The new ship, named L’Adroit, was launched on Wednesday just one year after construction work began on it.

From ‘first cut’ on 7 May 2010 to float-out on 18 May 2011 took just 12 months, DCNS said.

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