La Flèche (P32)

La Flèche (P32) is a 30-metre (98 ft) patrol vessel owned and operated by the Seychelles Coast Guard.

[1][2] La Flèche was donated to Seychelles by the United Arab Emirates, with a sister ship, on April 1, 2011.

[3] Although the Seychelles are a small country, it is located off the Horn of Africa, strategically close to the operation of active pirates.

[4][5] Other Indian Ocean nations see their donations of patrol vessels to Seychelles as a strategic investment in fighting piracy.

[4] In 2013 the UAE paper The National reported that Seychelles was then imprisoning more than 100 convicted pirates.