Floréal (F 730)
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 Floréal in Bora-Bora |
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| Career (France) |  |
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| Namesake: | Month of Floréal |
| Ordered: | 1989 |
| Builder: | Chantiers de l'Atlantique |
| Laid down: | 2 April 1990 |
| Launched: | 6 October 1990 |
| Commissioned: | 27 May 1992 |
| Homeport: | Port des Galets, La Réunion |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Floréal class frigate |
| Displacement: | 2600 tonnes (2950 tonnes full load) |
| Length: | 93,50 m |
| Beam: | 14 m |
| Draught: | 4,40 m |
| Propulsion: |
Engines : 4 diesel SEMT Pielstick 6PA6 L280 |
| Speed: | 20 knots (37 km/h) |
| Range: | 10000 nautical miles (19,000 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h), 13000 nautical miles (24,000 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h) |
| Boats and landing craft carried: |
ETN 90 (Embarcation de Transport en Nombre) |
| Complement: |
11 officers |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
Radar:
Navigation
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| Electronic warfare and decoys: |
ARBG-1A Saïgon |
| Armament: |
2 Exocet MM38 missiles |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 Panther helicopter |
The Floréal is a small monitoring frigate ("frégate de surveillance") of the French Marine Nationale. She is the lead ship of her class, and the first French vessel named after the 8th month of the Republican Calendar.
In 1993, she took part in United Nations Operation in Somalia II to protect Blue Helmets. In 1995, she took part in the capture of Bob Denard in the Comoros.
Her usual mission is monitoring of the EEZ in the French Southern and Antarctic Lands.
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