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French minesweeper Vulcain
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Vulcain (M611) is a Vulcain-class minesweeper of the French Navy. She is classed by the French Navy as a BBPD type vessel (French: bâtiment-base de plongeurs démineurs) and is used as a base ship for clearance divers.
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Construction and career
Vulcain was launched on 17 January 1986[1] and commissioned on 11 October.[2] She is based in Cherbourg Naval Base, in Cherbourg, France, and is run by the 1st GPD Groupement de Plongeurs démineurs, a group of French Army clearance divers. Since 16 May 1987, she has been symbolically linked with the town of Honfleur. The personnel on board usually comprises 12 divers, 1 medical officer and 1 nurse.
Other BBPDs of the Vulcain type are:
- BBPD Styx - M614
- BBPD Pluton - M622
- BBPD Achéron - A613
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