The French minehunter M642 Cassiopée in Øresund

This the French Navy´s mine warfare vessel M642 Cassiopée passing Helsingør/Helsingborg late this afternoon. The M642 is one of the Marine National´s twelve Tripartite class minehunters - built in the 1980s - currently being upgraded by the Thales Group. 

A Swedish sailing boat and a Danish motor boat observerd the Cassiopée passing by

The Tripartite class ships, a joint venture of France, Belgium and the Netherlands, were built in the 1980s. The navies of Pakistan, Indonesia, Latvia and Bulgaria also use Tripartite class vessels. 

Specifications for the Tripartite class: 

Displacement:	536 t (528 long tons) empty 605 t (595 long tons) full load
Length:	51.5 m (169 ft)
Beam:	8.96 m (29.4 ft)
Height:	18.5 m (61 ft)
Draught:	3.6 m (12 ft)
Propulsion:	1 × 1370 kW "Werkspoor RUB 215" V12 diesel 2 × 180 kW ACEC active rudders 1 × HOLEC bow propellor
Speed:	15 knots (28 km/h)
Range:	3,000 nautical miles (5,600 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Boats and landing craft carried:	2 × rigid-hulled inflatable boats 1 × remote controlled submersible for mine identification and disposal:

(source: Wikipedia)