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Frigate ‎Germinal (F735)‎

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Classification

Ship class:
Floreal-class frigate
Type:
Frigate

Basic information

Operator:
French Navy (Marine Nationale)French Navy (Marine Nationale)
Country of build:
Builder:
Chantiers de l'Atlantique (formerly STX France Cruise SA)
Laid down:
Launched:
Commissioned (service):
Status:
Active

Ship measurements

Displacement:
3,000 t
Length:
93.5 m
Beam:
14 m
Draft:
4.3 m

Machine

Propulsion system:
CODAD
Propulsion:
  • 4 * SEMT Pielstick 6 PA6 L280 BPC diesel engines
  • 6,580 kW (8,820 hp)
  • 2 * shafts, 1 * 203 kW (272 hp) bow thruster
Speed:
20 knots
Range:
9,000 nmi (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)

Personnel

Complement:
90
Mission crew:
24

Combat assets

Electronics:
  • DRBV-21C (Mars) air sentry radar
  • Racal Decca RM1290 navigation radar
  • Racal Decca RM1290 landing radar
  • ARBG-1A Saïgon
  • 2 * Dagaie decoy systems
Armament:
  • 2 * Exocet MM38 missiles (originally fitted; now removed)
  • 1 * 100 mm CADAM turret with Najir fire control system
  • 2 * 20 mm modèle F2 guns
Aircraft:
  • 1 * Eurocopter Panther or Eurocopter Dauphin N3 helicopter

Germinal is a Floréal-class frigate 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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