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Cameroon received former French patrol boat

After a set of endurance trials carried out between Nov 21 and Dec 3, 2016 in the Mediterranean Sea, with the participation of Rear Admiral Jean Mendoua, Chief of staff of the Cameroonian Navy, the State of Cameroon has given its approval to receive the new patrol boat "Dipikar". The patrol boat, which should reinforce the surveillance actions of the national Navy along the Cameroonian coast, was formerly known as "Grèbe", and retired from the French Navy in 2010. Bought by Cameroon, it was fully renovated by Sofema, a French company specialised in the sale and maintenance of land, air and naval army equipment. The "Dipikar" is the 2nd large patrol boat purchased these past years by the Cameroonian army, after the Rio del Rey, which helps in securing the coasts and oil operations, particularly in the Bakassi zone, previously the subject of a border dispute between Cameroon and Nigeria.