Nivôse (F 732)
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 Frigate Nivôse |
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| Career (France) |  |
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| Namesake: | Month of Nivôse |
| Ordered: | 1989 |
| Builder: | Chantiers de l'Atlantique |
| Laid down: | 16 January 1991 |
| Launched: | 11 August 1991 |
| Commissioned: | 15 October 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 Nivôse is a light monitoring frigate ("frégate de surveillance") of the French Marine Nationale. She is the third ship of her class, and the first French vessel named after the 4th month of the Republican Calendar.
[edit] Photo Gallery
 FS Nivôse at Fremantle, Western Australia. |
 The Nivôse departing Cape Town, South Africa |
 Sailors manning the rails of the FS Nivôse |
 Stern of the FS Nivôse showing the Panther |
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