F733 Commandant Riviere

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Photo 1
Author: Ship Hunters collection
Location: canal Gent - Terneuzen (BE-NL)
Date: 02/11/2014

Photo 2
Author: Ship Hunters collection
Location: canal Gent - Terneuzen (BE-NL)
Date: 02/11/2014
Administrative data Technical data
name: F733 Commandant Riviere
commissioned: 1962
flag: France
dimensions: 98.00 x 11.80 x 4.35 m
type: "Commandant Riviere" class aviso
specs: 166 crew and 80 troops
armament:
3 Naval Gun Creusot-Loire 100 mm
2 Naval Gun single 30 mm
1 Rocket Launcher ASW mortar 375 mm
6 Torpedo Launchers single tube 550 mm
speed: 16.00 kn

former name(s): new name(s):
No known former names No known new names

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Extra info:
seen underway to the breakers in Gent (BE)

after decommissioning in 1992, she served as a breakwater in Saint-Mandrier from 1993 to 2009 after decommissioning in 1992.
She awaited dismantling in Toulon from 2009 to 2014 and was eventually dismantled in Ghent in 2015.

Converted? This vessel has not been converted.
Museum? No
Decommissioned? This vessel was decommissioned or transfered in the year 1992
Scrapping? This vessel was sold to Belgium in the year 2014 for scrapping.
Severely damaged? No