 Frigate Prairial |
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| Career France |  |
|---|---|
| Class and type: | Floréal class frigate |
| Named after: | Month of Prairial |
| Ordered: | 1989 |
| Builder: | Chantiers de l'Atlantique |
| Laid down: | 11 September 1990 |
| Launched: | 16 March 1991 |
| Commissioned: | 20 May 1992 |
| Status: | in service |
| Homeport: | Tahiti |
| General Characteristics | |
| 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 Auxiliaries : 1 Ulstein 200 kW beam propulsor |
| Speed: | 20 knots (37 km/h) |
| Range: | 10000 nautical miles (19,000 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h), 13000 nautical miles (24,000 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h) |
| Boats and landing craft carried: | ETN 90 (Embarcation de Transport en Nombre) Zodiac Hurricane 530 OB with two Yamaha 2T 140 CV VETOL engines |
| Complement: | 11 officers 36 non-commissioned officers |
| Sensors and processing systems: | Radar:
Navigation
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| Electronic warfare and decoys: | ARBG-1A Saïgon 2 Dagaie decoy systems |
| Armament: | 2 Exocet MM38 missiles 1 x 100 mm CADAM turret with Najir fire control system |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 Panther helicopter |
The Prairial is a light monitoring frigate ("frégate de surveillance") of the French Marine Nationale. She is the second ship of her class, and the first French vessel named after the 9th month of the Republican Calendar.
She was built in the beginning of the 1990s by the Chantiers de l'Atlantique in Saint Nazaire. She is currently based in Tahiti.
Although categorised as a surveillance ship, she is rather powerfully armed with four anti-ship Exocet missiles and a 100 mm gun. She is also furbished with 35 extra birth for marines.
Ships of the Floréal type:
- F730 Floréal
- F731 Prairial
- F732 Nivôse
- F733 Ventôse
- F734 Vendémiaire
- F735 Germinal
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