The SEEM 12-800ST is Merré Shipyard's compact French harbour pusher-tug design associated with the French Navy RP10 10-tonne tug program. It is a relationship-only naval support entry because the public record documents port-service duties, not conflict deployment. The design combines a steel hull, aluminium wheelhouse, twin diesel propulsion, ducted CuProAlu propellers, and a 10-tonne bollard-pull class for assisting surface ships and submarines in naval bases.
The public sources describe the RP10 as a harbour-support craft rather than a combatant. Its useful catalog context is the work it performs around naval bases: pushing, towing, and handling ships during local port movements.
Program reporting says the class supports French Navy surface ships and submarines during port manoeuvres.
The design packages 10 tonnes of bollard pull in an 11.75 m hull, giving naval bases a small craft for close-quarters assistance.
This record does not assign conflicts because the sources reviewed document procurement, construction, and naval-base support, not direct use in a named armed conflict.
Sources: Merré Remorqueur SEEM 12-800ST; DGA receives 18th 10-tonne pusher tug; BrestPort Bécasseau launch.
Public French naval-port reporting identifies the RP10 program as a 29-unit order placed in 2016 to renew French Navy harbour support craft.
Sources: BrestPort Bécasseau launch
The French DGA received Huitrier as the 18th RP10, tying the 10-tonne pusher-tug series to SEE Merré and the French Navy support program.
Sources: DGA receives 18th 10-tonne pusher tug
BrestPort reported the launch of Bécasseau, an RP10 unit built by Merré at Nort-sur-Erdre and completed by CIB at Brest before trials and transfer to Toulon.
Sources: BrestPort Bécasseau launch
