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

Namesake: Month of Vendémiaire
Ordered: 1989
Builder: Chantiers de l'Atlantique
Laid down: 17 January 1992
Launched: 23 August 1992
Commissioned: 21 October 1993
Homeport: Nouméa
Status: in service
General characteristics
Class and type: Floréal class frigate
Displacement: 2600 tonnes (2950 tonnes full load)
Length: 93.5 m (307 ft)
Beam: Template:Covnert
Draught: 4.4 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 x 590 kW
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 and 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
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
2 x 20 mm modèle F2 guns
Aircraft carried: 1 Panther helicopter

Above information from Wikipedia