Prairial (F 731)
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 Frigate Prairial |
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| Career (France) |  |
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| Namesake: | Month of Prairial |
| Ordered: | 1989 |
| Builder: | Chantiers de l'Atlantique |
| Laid down: | 11 September 1990 |
| Launched: | 16 March 1991 |
| Commissioned: | 20 May 1992 |
| Homeport: | Tahiti |
| Fate: | in service |
| 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 Prairial is a light monitoring frigate ("frégate de surveillance") of the French Marine Nationale. She is the second ship of her class, and the first French vessel named after the 9th month of the Republican Calendar.
She was built in the beginning of the 1990s by the Chantiers de l'Atlantique in Saint Nazaire. She is currently based in Tahiti.
Although categorised as a surveillance ship, she is rather powerfully armed with four anti-ship Exocet missiles and a 100 mm gun. She is also furbished with 35 extra birth for marines.
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