French ship La Glorieuse

La Glorieuse is the fifth ship in the P400 class of patrol vessels within the French Navy. It is still in service but is due to be decommissioned in 2020.

Service history
She was launched on 25 January 1985. 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 EEZ. On 13 November the same year she took part in a maritime surveillance operation in the Pacific Ocean in support of the frigate Prairial, then in preparations for surveillance operations in the same zone. In March 2015 she set out to assist the inhabitants of Vanuatu affected by cyclone Pam.