[3] Armed by a crew of 90 sailors, these vessels have the reputation of being among the most difficult in bad weather.

Their high windage makes them particularly sensitive to pitch and roll as soon as the sea is formed.

During the Cold War, they were primarily used to patrol the continental shelf of the Atlantic Ocean in search of Soviet Navy submarines.

[4] Their role as patrollers now consists mainly of patrols and assistance missions, as well as participation in UN missions (blockades, flag checks) or similar marine policing tasks (fight against drugs, extraction of nationals, fisheries control, etc.).

Turkey purchased the ship from France in November 2000 and commissioned her in the Turkish Navy on 25 July 2002 as TCG Bodrum after an overhaul at Direction des Constructions Navales (DCN).