| French frigate Ventôse (F733) | |
|---|---|
 Frigate Ventôse | |
| Career (France) |  |
| Name: | Ventôse |
| 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 |
| Status: | in service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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; 23 mph) |
| Range: |
10,000 nautical miles (19,000 km; 12,000 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) 13,000 nautical miles (24,000 km; 15,000 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Boats & 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 & 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.
The Ventôse took part in the recovery operation for the Air France Flight 447 which crashed some 960 kilometres off the northeast coast of Brazil on 1 June 2009.[1]
A sailor aboard the French navy frigate Ventôse (F 733) tracks a surface contact during an exercise supporting FRUKUS 2011
References[]
- ↑ BBC Mundo.Rescatados 17 cuerpos en el océano Accessed 8 June 2009.
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