French ship La Glorieuse

La Glorieuse was the fifth ship in the P400-class patrol vessel of patrol vessels within the French Navy. She was the last vessel of her class still in service with the French Navy but was removed from active service in May 2023   and decommissioned in July.

Service history
La Glorieuse was launched on 25 January 1985, commissioned in 1987 and assigned to patrol the offshore zone around New Caledonia.

On 31 October 2013, thanks to detection by a Falcon 200 Gardian surveillance aircraft, La Glorieuse intercepted an armed Chinese fishing boat operating illegally in the New Caledonia exclusive economic zone (EEZ). On 13 November the same year she took part in a maritime surveillance operation in the Pacific Ocean in support of the frigate FRENCH FRIGATE Prairial, then in preparation for surveillance operations in the same zone. In March 2015 she set out to assist the inhabitants of Vanuatu affected by cyclone Pam. In early 2022, La Glorieuse deployed to Tonga with 10 t of supplies to assist the island in the aftermath of a volcanic eruption.