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RARI (A-634) class

Country of Origin: France


 2 RARI-class OCEANGOING TUGS (ATF)

 Name   Pendant   Launched         Commissioned    Status

 RARI   A-634     April 16, 1984   Feb. 5, 1985    Active
 REVI   A-635     May 15, 1984     Feb. 6, 1985    Active

The tugs were built for Direction des Centres d'Experimentation Nucleaires (DIRCEN), the French Pacific nuclear testing center.

Both are active. Both were originally based at Muraroa. However, RARI was transferred to Brest in 1998 to replace CENTAURE (A-674). REVI...

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