Ventôse (F733)
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 Frigate Ventôse |
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| Career (France) |  |
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| Namesake: | Month of Ventôse |
| Ordered: | 1989 |
| Builder: | Chantiers de l'Atlantique |
| Laid down: | 28 June 1991 |
| Launched: | 14 March 1992 |
| Commissioned: | 5 May 1993 |
| Homeport: | Fort de France, Martinique |
| 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 Ventôse is a light monitoring frigate ("frégate de surveillance") of the French Marine Nationale. She is the fourth ship of her class, and the first French vessel named after Ventôse, the 5th month of the Republican Calendar. She was used in the French response to Hurricane Katrina.
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