Schelde off Breskens, Netherlands 18 May 2019
Towed by the Dutch tugs Multratug 18 en 27 towards the scrap yard at Gent, Belgium
The Rhône (A 622) was part of the Rhin-class depot ships with as sister ships the Rhin, Garonne, Loire and Rance, Laid down at the Lorient Arsenal. France on 23 February 1962, launched on 8 December, commissioned on 1 December 1964, decommissioned as a mine counter measure support ship on 17 March 1997 and afterwards sunk as breakwater. Her crew numbered 148 men. With a displacement of 2.075 (standard)-2.445 (full load) were her dimensions 91,1 (between perpendiculars)-101,1 (over all) x 13,1 x 3,7 metres or 302’0”-331’5” x 43’0’ x 12’1”. Her armament consisted of 3-4cm guns. Speed 16,5 knots. Hull in 2019 called Q740.
