French frigate Nivôse
Frigate Nivôse | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Nivôse |
| Namesake | Month of Nivôse |
| Ordered | 9 January 1990 |
| Builder | Chantiers de l'Atlantique |
| Laid down | 16 January 1991 |
| Launched | 10 August 1991 |
| Commissioned | 16 October 1992 |
| Homeport | Port des Galets, Réunion |
| Status | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Floréal-class frigate |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 93.5 m (306 ft 9 in) |
| Beam | 14 m (45 ft 11 in) |
| Draught | 4.3 m (14 ft 1 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Range | 9,000 nmi (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Troops | 24 marines |
| Complement | 90 |
| Sensors & processing systems |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys |
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| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 × Eurocopter Panther helicopter |
| Aviation facilities | Flight deck and hangar |
Nivôse is a Floréal-class frigate (French: frégate de surveillance) of the French Navy. The frigate is the third ship of the class and the fourth French vessel named after the fourth month of the Republican Calendar. Nivôse was constructed by Chantiers de l'Atlantique at Saint-Nazaire, France, in 1991 and entered service in 1992. The frigate is stationed at Réunion in the Indian Ocean for patrol duties.