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For other ships with the same name, see French ship Vendémiaire.
Frigate Vendémiaire in 2013
Frigate Vendémiaire in 2013
History
France
NameVendémiaire
NamesakeMonth of Vendémiaire
Ordered1989
BuilderChantiers de l'Atlantique
Laid down17 January 1992
Launched23 August 1992
Commissioned21 October 1993
HomeportNouméa
Statusin service
General characteristics
Class and typeTemplate:Sclass-
Displacement2600 tonnes (2950 tonnes full load)
Length93.5 m (307 ft)
Beam14 metres (46 ft)
Draught4.4 m (14 ft)
Propulsion
  • Engines : 4 diesel SEMT Pielstick 6PA6 L280
  • Auxiliaries : 1 Ulstein 200 kW beam propulsor
  • Propellers : 2 variable pace Lips
  • Propulsive power : 8800 hp (6470 kW)
  • Electric Plant : 3 Baudouin 12P15 2SR diesel alternators and 3 Alsthom AA 49L9 alternators
  • Electric Power : 3 × 590 kW
Speed20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Range10,000 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)
  • Zodiac Hurricane 530 OB with two Yamaha 2T 140 CV VETOL engines
  • One 10-seat zodiac
Complement
  • 11 officers
  • 36 non-commissioned officers
  • 42 men
  • (11 men for the helicopter)
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Radar:
  • DRBV-21C (Mars) air sentry radar
  • Racal Decca RM1290 navigation radar
  • Racal Decca RM1290 landing radar
  • Navigation
  • Microcin type intertial navigation system
  • Ben LMN4 loch
  • Furuno depth measure system
  • Navstar GPS system
  • Taiyo gonio VHF radio
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • ARBG-1A Saïgon
  • 2 Dagaie decoy systems
Armament
Aircraft carried1 Alouette III helicopter

The Vendémiaire is a light monitoring frigate ("frégate de surveillance") of the French Marine Nationale. She is the fifth ship of the Template:Sclass-, and is named after Vendémiaire, the first month of the Republican Calendar.

Operational history

Vendémiaire was deployed to East Timor as part of the Australian-led INTERFET peacekeeping taskforce from 20 September to 17 November 1999.[1]

Vendémiaire and her sister ship Nivose are reasonably frequent visitors to Wellington.

The ship went on a tour of Chinese ports in 2011, stopping at Canton, Chiang Tao, Hong Kong and Shanghai.[2] It was opened to the public 17-4-11 in Hong Kong.

In October 2013 participated in the International Fleet Review 2013 in Sydney, Australia.

In 2015, following Cyclone Pam France ordered the Vendémiaire to sail from Nouméa, New Caledonia, to Vanuatu to conduct surveys along with aircraft from the island territory.[3]

  • Frigate Vendémiaire (F734) alongside at Nouméa
    Frigate Vendémiaire (F734) alongside at Nouméa
  • Vendémiaire (F734) alongside at Ocean Terminal, Hong Kong 17-04-2011
    Vendémiaire (F734) alongside at Ocean Terminal, Hong Kong 17-04-2011
  • Members of the public waiting to board the Vendemiaire, Hong Kong 17-4-11
    Members of the public waiting to board the Vendemiaire, Hong Kong 17-4-11

References

  1. ^ Stevens, David (2007). Strength Through Diversity: The combined naval role in Operation Stabilise (PDF). Working Papers. Vol. 20. Canberra: Sea Power Centre - Australia. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-642-29676-4. ISSN 1834-7231. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
  2. ^ Mingpao (Hong Kong), 17-4-2011
  3. ^ Joshua Kuku (March 14, 2015). "Aid effort stepped up after monster Vanuatu cyclone". Suva, Fiji: ReliefWeb. Agence France-Presse. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
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