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French frigate Vendémiaire
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French frigate Vendémiairelarger figure on 3 of 6
Moudge-class frigate
Measured figures
Length
Single source93.5 m (306 ft 9 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | French frigate Vendémiaire | Moudge-class frigate |
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| Power | 4 × SEMT Pielstick 6 PA6 L280 BPC diesel engines 6,580 kW (8,820 hp ) 2 shafts, 1 × 203 kW (272 hp) bow thruster[source] | 2 × 10,000 hp (7,500 kW) engines 4 × 740 hp (550 kW) diesel generators[source] |
| Name | Vendémiaire[source] | Moudge[source] |
| Namesake | Month of Vendémiaire[source] | — |
| Ordered | 1991[source] | — |
| Builder | Chantiers de l'Atlantique |
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95 m (311 ft 8 in)[source]
at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Single source9,000 nmi (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| Laid down | 17 January 1992[source] | — |
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| Launched | 23 August 1992[source] | — |
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| Commissioned | 21 October 1993[source] | — |
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| Home port | Nouméa[source] | — |
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| Identification | Pennant number : F 734[source] | — |
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| Status | in service[source] | — |
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| Class & type | Floréal -class frigate[source] | — |
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| Troops | 24 marines[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | DRBV-21C (Mars) air sentry radar Racal Decca RM1290 navigation radar Racal Decca RM1290 landing radar[source] | Asr 3D PESA long-range radar[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | ARBG-1A Saïgon 2 Dagaie decoy systems[source] | 2 × 8 tube chaff launcher[source] |
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| Armament | 2 Exocet MM38 missiles (removed) 1 × 100 mm CADAM turret with Najir fire control system 2 × 20 mm modèle F2 guns 2 x 2 Manually-operated SIMBAD/Mistral point defence SAM[source] | Naval guns 1 × 76 mm Fajr-27 naval gun 1 × 40 mm Fath-40 AAA or 1 × 30mm Kamand CIWS 2 × 20 mm cannons Oerlikon 2 × 12.7 mm heavy machine guns Surface to air missiles 4 × Mehrab SAM , a naval version of the Sayyad-2 or 4 × Sayyad-3 SAM Anti-ship missiles 4 × Noor or Qader anti-ship missiles (Some ships are equipped with 8 anti-ship missiles) Anti-submarine warfare 2 × triple 324 mm torpedoes[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 Panther or Eurocopter Dauphin N3 helicopters (the latter replaced the former Aérospatiale Alouette III in 2022).[source] | 1 × Bell 214 ASW helicopter[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | Flight deck and hangar[source] | Helicopter landing pad[source] |
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| Country of origin | France[source] | — |
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| Used by | French Navy[source]Current operator stated in the article; inventory date not specified | — |
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| Builders | — | Iranian Navy's Factories Marine Industries Organization[source] |
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| Operators | — | Islamic Republic of Iran Navy[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | Alvand class[source] |
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| Built | — | 2001–present[source] |
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| In service | — | 2010–present[source] |
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| Planned | — |
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| Building | — |
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| Completed | — |
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| Active | — | 0?[source] |
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| Lost | — | 6 (1 unconfirmed)[source] |
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| Type | — | Frigate[source] |
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