VENTôSE (F733)

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Frigate ''Ventôse''
Career	French Navy Ensign
Displacement:	2600 tonnes (2950 tonnes full load)
Length:	93,50 m
Width:	14 m
Draught:	4,40 m
Propulsion:	Engines : 4 diesel SEMT Pielstick 6PA6 L280 Auxiliaries : 1 Ulstein 200 kW beam propulsor Propelers : 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)
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)
Complement:	11 officers 36 non-commissioned officers 42 men (11 men for the helicopter)
Armament:	2 Exocet MM38 missiles 1 x 100 mm CADAM turret with Najir fire control system 2 x 20 mm modèle F2 guns
Electronics:	'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 ★ Taiyō gonio VHF radio'Electronic Warfare' ★ ARBG-1A Saïgon ★ 2 Dagaie decoy systems
Planes	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.
Ships of the ''Floréal'' type:

★ F730 ''Floréal''

★ F731 ''Prairial''

★ F732 ''Nivôse''

★ F733 ''Ventôse''

★ F734 ''Vendémiaire''

★ F735 ''Germinal''