French frigate Germinal
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Germinal is a Floréal-class frigate (French: frégate de surveillance) of the French Navy. She is the sixth and last ship of her class, and the first French vessel named after Germinal, the seventh month of the Republican Calendar. The ship was constructed at Saint-Nazaire, France, in 1992–1993 and entered service in 1994. The frigate has served in the Mediterranean and Caribbean Seas and the Gulf of Guinea. Germinal is stationed in the Antilles (Fort-de-France) for patrol duties in the Caribbean Sea.
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Frigate Germinal | |
History | |
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Name | Germinal |
Namesake | Month of Germinal |
Ordered | January 1991 |
Builder | Chantiers de l'Atlantique |
Laid down | 17 August 1992 |
Launched | 14 March 1993 |
Commissioned | 17 May 1994 |
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Status | In active service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Floréal-class frigate |
Displacement | |
Length | 93.5 m (306 ft 9 in) |
Beam | 14 m (45 ft 11 in) |
Draught | 4.3 m (14 ft 1 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Range | 9,000 nmi (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Troops | 24 marines |
Complement | 90 |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys |
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Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × Eurocopter Panther or Eurocopter Dauphin N3 helicopter |
Aviation facilities | Flight deck and hangar |
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