IVORY COAST: FRENCH NAVAL VESSELS JEANNE D'ARC AND FORBIN ARRIVE FOR GOODWILL VISIT.

Record ID: 183008

  • Title: IVORY COAST: FRENCH NAVAL VESSELS JEANNE D'ARC AND FORBIN ARRIVE FOR GOODWILL VISIT.
  • Date: 12th April 1976
  • Summary: 1. GV Ship arriving in port with helicopters on back 0.06 2. SV People on dock 0.10 3. LV Jeanne d'Arc arrives in port 0.14 4. LV Sailors on bow TILT DOWN TO boat in water 0.21 5. GV Jeanne d'Arc docking 0.34 6. SV Naval officers coming down gangway 0.42 7. SV Sailors on board ship 0.46 8. SV Naval officers inspect guard of honour 0.51 Initials BB/1645 AB/PN/BB/1630 Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 27th April 1976 13:00
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  • Location: ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST
  • Country: Ivory Coast
  • Reuters ID: LVA9RZ28P3LCYSI0WPZQ9KBQWLVE
  • Story Text: The French naval helicopter carrier Jeanne d'Arc and its escort ship the Forbin arrived in Abidjan on the Ivory Coat on Saturday (10 April) for a five day goodwill visit.

    The two ships are both used by the French Navy as training ships and are currently on a tour of duty in the Atlantic.

    During the stopover in Abidjan the officers of Jeanne d'Arc and Forbin met Ivory Coast President Felix Houphouet-Boigny.

    The Jeanne d'Arc is a cruiser with a 12,000 tons displacement and was launched from the Brest shipyards in 1961. It has a crew of 850 men including 40 officers and is currently under the command of Captain Stephen Beaussant. While being used as a training ship it has a helo platform for four helicopters but during wartime this could be increased to eight.

    Also launched from the Brest shipyards -- in 1955 -- the destroyer Forbin has a displacement of 3,600 tons, a crew of 250 men including 12 officers and is under the command of Captain Albert Reul.

    When the ships leave Abidjan on Thursday (15 April) they will sail for Dakar in Senegal for a similar goodwill visit.

    SYNOPSIS: The French naval destroyer Forbin which arrived in Abidjan in the Ivory Coast on Saturday for a five day goodwill visit.

    It's the escort ship for this helicopter carrier Jeanne d'Arc and together they're currently on a tour of duty in the Atlantic.

    Both are used as training ships and both were built and launched at the Brest shipyards in France -- Jeanne d'Arc in 1961 and Forbin in 1955.

    There are 850 men aboard Jeanne d'Arc including 40 officers under the command of Captain Stephen Beaussant, who, with the commander of the Forbin, Captain Albert Reul met the President of the Ivory Coast Felix Houphouet-Boigny during the visit.
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