French frigate Ventôse
Frigate Ventôse | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Ventôse |
| Namesake | Month of Ventôse |
| Ordered | 9 January 1990 |
| Builder | Chantiers de l'Atlantique |
| Laid down | 28 June 1991 |
| Launched | 14 March 1992 |
| Commissioned | 5 May 1993 |
| Homeport | Fort de France, Martinique |
| Status | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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 & 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 |
Ventôse is a Floréal-class frigate (French: frégate de surveillance) of the French Navy. The frigate is the fourth ship of its class, and the first French vessel named after Ventôse, the sixth month of the Republican Calendar, the month of wind. The ship was constructed by Chantiers de l'Atlantique at Saint-Nazaire, France, in 1991–1992 and entered service in 1993. Ventôse is stationed in the French Caribbean Sea territories for patrol duties.