Vendémiaire (F734)
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 Frigate Vendémiaire |
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| Career (France) |  |
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| Namesake: | Month of Vendémiaire |
| Ordered: | 1989 |
| Builder: | Chantiers de l'Atlantique |
| Laid down: | 17 January 1992 |
| Launched: | 23 August 1992 |
| Commissioned: | 21 October 1993 |
| Homeport: | Nouméa |
| 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 Vendémiaire is a light monitoring frigate ("frégate de surveillance") of the French Marine Nationale. She is the fifth ship of her class, and the first French vessel named after Vendémiaire, the first month of the Republican Calendar.
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