Prefect in charge of a French maritime arrondissement
French Navy
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Command
Naval Ministers
Maritime Prefect
Components
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Submarine Forces
FOST
ESNA
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FORFUSCO
Marine Commandos
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Current fleet
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History
History of the French Navy
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Historic fleets
Awards
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A maritime prefect (French: Préfet maritime) is a servant of the French government who exercises authority over the sea in a particular region known as a maritime prefecture (Préfecture maritime). As of 2024, there are three maritime prefects in metropolitan France, based in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin (Channel and North Sea), Brest (Atlantic Ocean) and Toulon (Mediterranean Sea).
A maritimeprefect (French: Préfet maritime) is a servant of the French government who exercises authority over the sea in a particular region known as...
Prefect (from the Latin praefectus, substantive adjectival form of praeficere: "put in front", meaning in charge) is a magisterial title of varying definition...
duties in the territorial waters and EEZ, under the authority of the maritimeprefect. Criminal Investigation Department under the authority of public prosecutor...
air arm of the French Navy. The long-form official designation is Force maritime de l'aéronautique navale. Born as a fusion of aircraft carrier squadrons...
territories (notably the Outre-mer), shared spaces and key domains (e.g., maritime, digital, outer space); and finally, the strengthening of international...
2015[update] commanding officer for the Mediterranean maritime defence zone and MaritimePrefect for the Mediterranean. Wikimedia Commons has media related...
is chartered to the French government and can be called upon by the MaritimePrefect of Brest at any time. She was commissioned to replace the older Abeille...
Republic, Affaires maritimes is the closest organization to a coast guard. In each region, a naval admiral, called MaritimePrefect, is in charge of coordination...
FORFUSCO is a syllabic abbreviation for the Force maritime des fusiliers marins et commandos, headquartered in Lorient, is the French Navy organisation...
then in November, that of the maritime forces of the South Atlantic and Africa. Commander-in-chief and maritimeprefect of the 4th region in Algiers July...
French sailor, soldier and politician, who was a Conseiller d'État and maritimeprefect of Brest. His brothers Marie-François Auguste de Caffarelli du Falga...
insignia. Similarly, the Ingénieur des études et techniques de travaux maritimes wear pearl-grey stripes. Peintres de la Marine, who are not employed by...
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