French frigate Vendémiaire
Frigate Vendémiaire in 2013 | |
| History | |
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| France | |
| Name | Vendémiaire |
| Namesake | Month of Vendémiaire |
| Ordered | 1991 |
| Builder | Chantiers de l'Atlantique |
| Laid down | 17 January 1992 |
| Launched | 23 August 1992 |
| Commissioned | 21 October 1993 |
| Homeport | Nouméa |
| Identification | Pennant number: F 734 |
| 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) |
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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 |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 Panther or Eurocopter Dauphin N3 helicopters (the latter replaced the former Aérospatiale Alouette III in 2022). |
| Aviation facilities | Flight deck and hangar |
Vendémiaire is a Floréal-class frigate (French: frégate de surveillance) of the French Navy. She is the fifth ship of the class, and is named after Vendémiaire, the first month of the Republican Calendar. The ship was constructed at Saint-Nazaire, France, in 1992 and entered service in 1993. Vendémiaire is stationed in the French Pacific territories for patrol duties.