PIRIOU Shipyard launches the ALMAK, a Maritime Training Vessel of 44 meters.

It took a year for the shipbuilding subsidiary PIRIOU Shipyards to build this ship since the first beam was laid in September 2012 in Concarneau (Finistere).

“The construction of the Almak is an ambitious project that has mobilized teams from Piriou and DCI for 12 months. It is a feeling of satisfaction and accomplishment that exists within the team, " said Admiral François Dupont, CEO of DCI. "It is with great emotion that we leave Concarneau to sail to new horizons. The first trainees will undertake sea-training on the MTV this autumn.”

The Almak will be used primarily for academic high-level training organized by DCI in favor of foreign students and in conjunction with the Naval Academy. With a small crew of eight people, this ship can carry a dozen cadets. It will do 35-40 weeks of sailing per year.

The Almak can also be used to host student divers, as well as monitoring of mission zones and sea trials of field equipment.

For Pascal PIRIOU, PIRIOU CEO "this ship embodies a strategic first step both in the field of shipbuilding in the defense sector and our ambitions for Global Service.
Indeed, as for the ALMAK, we now integrate the design and construction of ships, being involved in the implementation of their funding upstream as well as providing maintenance through a program to Maintain Operational Condition (MOC) in France and overseas ".

Basic specifications of the ship:
Lenght 44,00 m
Beam 9,60 m
Draft 3.10 m
Speed 12 knots
Propulsion 2x 662 kW; 2x shafts with variable pitch propellers
Crew 8; 16 students + 1 passenger
Endurance: 10 days @ 10 knots