Sydney Harbour, off Rushcutters Bay and Elizabeth Bay. 12 April 2015.
Vessel at 33°51'16.50" S 151°14'05.33" E

FS = French Ship (NATO designation); France does not use prefixes internally

Name:Vendémiaire ... 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, Class and type: Floréal-class frigate
Displacement: 2600 tonnes (2950 tonnes full load), Length: 93.5 m (307 ft), Beam: 14 metres (46 ft), 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 × 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 × 100 mm CADAM turret with Najir fire control system
2 × 20 mm modèle F2 guns
Aircraft carried: 1 Alouette III helicopter