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.
Construction and career Vulcain was launched on 17 January 1986Jordan, p. 132 and commissioned on 11 October.Saunders, p. 242 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
See also List of active French Navy ships
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