French Navy Ship “Commandant L'Herminier” port call is scheduled on Monday June 4, 2012 at Tema Harbour. It will cast off on Thursday June 7, 2012.
The purpose of the visit is to reinforce the existing ties between the French and the Ghanaian naval forces.
Under command of Lieutenant Commander Gwenegan LE BOURHIS since December, 2010, the frigate “Commandant L'Herminier” has a staff of 9 officers, 51 petty officers and 40 boatmen and sailors.
The French Navy Ship's original tasking is anti-submarine warfare in coastal waters. “Commandant L'Herminier” is now going to take part with the Ghana Navy in common training activities, including a possible exercise at sea.
Within the framework of its visit and as part of its cooperation with the civil society, the military navy' staff is going to conduct operations of renovation to the benefit of the NGO Orphan Aid at Dodowa.