The BATRAL ("Light ferry ship") Francis Garnier (L9031) is the second of a series of five vessels.

She is the fifth vessel of the French Navy named in honour of the officer and explorer Francis Garnier.

She has been used for humanitarian relief for thirty years, intervening on hurricane and tempest scenes in the Caraibs and Guyana.

She is also part in the force projection system for interarm and internal operations, notably being engaged with the aeronaval group of Charles de Gaulle during Opération Héracles, the French naval component of the invasion of Afghanistan.

She left Martinique carrying 60 Army personnel, land vehicles and excavators; and various relief shipments.