End of mission within Sophia for the EV Jacoubet
(B2) The High Seas Patrol Vessel 'Ensign Jacoubet' (F-794) of the Royale (the French navy) left, after 36 days, the operation to combat trafficking off the coast of Libya (EUNAVFOR Med / Sophia).
In particular, the crew ensured the arrest (hailing) of 9 merchant ships as part of the monitoring of the arms embargo on Libya.
The operation which is just renewed for three months (read: Operation Sophia extended by three months, for lack of anything better) currently has three ships at its disposal: the Italian landing ship Saint Mark (L-9893) which ensures command since last August, the German frigate augsburg (F-213), the Spanish frigate Numancia (F-83). It has four patrol planes: a Spanish Casa CN-235 Vigma D4 plane, a Polish M28 Bryza, two SW3 Merlin III planes chartered by Luxembourg.
(NGV)
